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) Free cash flow margin
Colgate-Palmolive Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 18.3%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.6% (fiscal 2022) to 20.1% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 2.89% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.64%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 17.8% | 0.19 |
| FY2024 | 17.6% | 2.02 |
| FY2023 | 15.6% | 5.01 |
| FY2022 | 10.6% | (5.22) |
| FY2021 | 15.8% | (4.26) |
| FY2020 | 20.1% | 2.26 |
| FY2019 | 17.8% | 0.97 |
| FY2018 | 16.9% | 0.39 |
| FY2017 | 16.5% | (0.69) |
| FY2016 | 17.2% | 3.02 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Company | 18.3% |
| PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare | 18.0% |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | 17.9% |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare | 15.9% |
| KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare | 12.6% |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare | 11.3% |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare | 8.81% |
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | 6.03% |
| UL Unilever PLC compare | 0.00% |
| Household & Personal Products industry median | 2.89% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.64% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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