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.

Revenue
+4.64%
EPS
+7.42%
Free cash flow
−6.24%
Total debt
−8.35%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

98.63 0.13 −0.13%
Market cap
$78.5B
P/E
37.8×
Fwd P/E
26.3×
Dividend yield
2.14%
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 5 November 2026, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 20.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.1× (January 2026) to 35.1× (January 2023); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is in line with the Household & Personal Products industry median of 20.7× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.1×.

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
Sep 2026 17.9× (5.54%)
Jun 2026 19.0× 4.65%
Mar 2026 18.2× 3.23%
Dec 2025 17.6× (6.24%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.1× High 35.1×
Ten-year median 23.7×
Current reading's percentile 18

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
UL Unilever PLC compare n/m
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 18.1×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 19.7×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 20.7×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 23.8×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 24.5×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 25.2×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 25.8×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 26.7×
Household & Personal Products industry median 20.7×
Consumer Defensive sector median 15.1×
Market median 14.1×

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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