Colgate-Palmolive Company CL

86.06 0.74 0.87% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$68.3B
P/E
33.9×
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades at a price to free cash flow of 17.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.1× (January 2026) to 35.1× (January 2023); the current reading is higher than 1% of that period. That is in line with the Household & Personal Products industry median of 17.7× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 13.5×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

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

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 23.8×
Current reading's percentile 1

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
UL Unilever PLC compare n/m
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 17.5×
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 17.6×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 17.8×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 20.5×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 21.0×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 21.8×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 25.2×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 25.8×
Household & Personal Products industry median 17.7×
Consumer Defensive sector median 13.5×
Market median 14.0×

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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