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.

94.11 1.44 +1.55%
Market cap
$73.9B
P/E
37.1×
Fwd P/E
23.9×
Dividend yield
2.79%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
6.51
Beneish M
−3.04
Dividend safety
66/100

Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 19.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.1× (January 2026) to 35.1× (January 2023); the current reading is higher than 9% of that period. That is in line with the Household & Personal Products industry median of 19.9× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 14.7×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 17.6× (16.26%)
FY2024 21.0× (4.42%)
FY2023 22.0× (36.70%)
FY2022 34.7× 32.74%
FY2021 26.1× 18.09%
FY2020 22.1× 4.75%
FY2019 21.1× 6.87%
FY2018 19.8× (24.03%)
FY2017 26.0× 16.17%
FY2016 22.4× (15.47%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 19.0× 4.65%
Mar 2026 18.2× 3.23%
Dec 2025 17.6× (6.24%)
Sep 2025 18.8× (14.18%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.1× High 35.1×
Ten-year median 23.7×
Current reading's percentile 9

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
UL Unilever PLC compare n/m
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 18.7×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 18.8×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 19.5×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 22.2×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 23.7×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 24.0×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 26.2×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 28.6×
Household & Personal Products industry median 19.9×
Consumer Defensive sector median 14.7×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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