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FCF Margin for Colgate-Palmolive (CL)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

18.1%

YoY change

+0.19pp

Trough year (1990)

2.7%

Peak year (2020)

20.1%

FCF Margin history chart for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 17.8%

FCF Margin change chart for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +0.19pp

FCF Margin history table for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) from 1989 to 2025

  • 202517.8%+0.19pp
  • 202417.6%+2.02pp
  • 202315.6%+5.27pp
  • 202210.4%-5.48pp
  • 202115.8%-4.26pp
  • 202020.1%+2.26pp
  • 201917.8%+0.97pp
  • 201816.9%+0.67pp
  • 201716.2%-0.59pp
  • 201616.8%+2.69pp
  • 201514.1%-0.62pp
  • 201414.7%+0.16pp
  • 201314.5%-0.85pp
  • 201215.4%+1.30pp
  • 201114.1%-3.00pp
  • 201017.1%-0.53pp
  • 200917.6%+7.07pp
  • 200810.6%-1.20pp
  • 200711.8%+0.76pp
  • 200611.0%-1.25pp
  • 200512.2%-1.04pp
  • 200413.3%-1.51pp
  • 200314.8%+1.16pp
  • 200213.6%+1.29pp
  • 200112.3%-0.16pp
  • 200012.5%+2.89pp
  • 19999.6%+1.06pp
  • 19988.5%+1.71pp
  • 19976.8%+1.60pp
  • 19965.2%+0.71pp
  • 19954.5%-1.12pp
  • 19945.6%+0.80pp
  • 19934.8%+1.65pp
  • 19923.2%-0.51pp
  • 19913.7%+1.01pp
  • 19902.7%-0.13pp
  • 19892.8%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Colgate-Palmolive's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Colgate-Palmolive (CL)

According to Colgate-Palmolive's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 18.1%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

2025's annual free cash flow margin for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) came in at 17.83% – expanded 0.2 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 20.09%, reached in 2020; the historical low of 2.70% was recorded in 1990.

Colgate-Palmolive FCF Margin by Year

Colgate-Palmolive FCF Margin 2025: 17.8%

Colgate-Palmolive posted free cash flow margin of 17.83% in 2025, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2024.

Colgate-Palmolive FCF Margin 2024: 17.6%

In 2024, Colgate-Palmolive reported free cash flow margin of 17.64%, expanded 2.0 percentage points from 2023.

Colgate-Palmolive FCF Margin 2023: 15.6%

Colgate-Palmolive free cash flow margin in 2023 was 15.62%, expanded 5.3 percentage points from 2022.

Colgate-Palmolive FCF Margin 2022: 10.4%

2022's free cash flow margin for Colgate-Palmolive came in at 10.35%, contracted 5.5 percentage points from 2021.

Colgate-Palmolive FCF Margin 2021: 15.8%

Colgate-Palmolive free cash flow margin in 2021 was 15.83%.

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