Colgate-Palmolive Company
CL Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products
Colgate-Palmolive Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $20.4 billion, up 1.40% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.91%, EPS fell 5.43%, free cash flow grew 11.7% and total debt fell 10.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for three.
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) EV/FCF
As of 12 October 2026, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades at a EV/FCF of 20.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.0× (January 2026) to 39.3× (January 2023); the current reading is higher than 3% of that period.
EV/FCF, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/FCF | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 19.4× | (15.28%) |
| FY2024 | 22.9× | (6.26%) |
| FY2023 | 24.5× | (37.10%) |
| FY2022 | 38.9× | 36.66% |
| FY2021 | 28.5× | 18.12% |
| FY2020 | 24.1× | 2.38% |
| FY2019 | 23.5× | 5.67% |
| FY2018 | 22.3× | (21.49%) |
| FY2017 | 28.4× | 14.60% |
| FY2016 | 24.8× | (14.56%) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/FCF | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 20.7× | 3.83% |
| Mar 2026 | 19.9× | 2.50% |
| Dec 2025 | 19.4× | (6.73%) |
| Sep 2025 | 20.8× | (13.54%) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/FCF against peers
| Company | EV/FCF |
|---|---|
| UL Unilever PLC compare | 0.1× |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Company | 20.3× |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare | 20.5× |
| KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare | 20.7× |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | 23.0× |
| PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare | 24.4× |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare | 25.0× |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare | 30.2× |
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | 34.8× |
What EV/FCF is
EV/Free CF shows how the value of a whole company, debt included, compares with the free cash its business produces.
((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ (Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM))
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