stockrowColgate-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.
- Revenue
- +4.64%
- EPS
- +7.42%
- Free cash flow
- −6.24%
- Total debt
- −8.35%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Free cash flow
Colgate-Palmolive Company's free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $3.6B, unchanged from fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $3.8B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $1.9B (fiscal 2022) to $3.6B (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. Free cash flow has risen for 3 consecutive fiscal years. Colgate-Palmolive Company ranks 3rd of 30 Household & Personal Products companies by free cash flow.
Free cash flow, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $3.6B | 2.48% |
| FY2024 | $3.5B | 16.64% |
| FY2023 | $3.0B | 59.41% |
| FY2022 | $1.9B | (30.86%) |
| FY2021 | $2.8B | (16.65%) |
| FY2020 | $3.3B | 18.26% |
| FY2019 | $2.8B | 6.79% |
| FY2018 | $2.6B | 2.95% |
| FY2017 | $2.5B | (2.42%) |
| FY2016 | $2.6B | 15.04% |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Free cash flow | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | $1.0B | 19.61% |
| Jun 2026 | $867.0M | 42.36% |
| Mar 2026 | $609.0M | (52.27%) |
| Dec 2025 | $1.3B | 15.37% |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow against peers
| Company | Free cash flow |
|---|---|
| UL Unilever PLC compare | $20.8B |
| PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare | $15.9B |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Company | $3.8B |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare | $1.9B |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare | $1.5B |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | $1.0B |
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | $453.0M |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare | $275.7M |
| IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare | $239.6M |
What Free cash flow is
Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.
Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)
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