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The cash flow of COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY over the past 10 years

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In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY's operating cash flow was $4.2B and its capital expenditures $564M, leaving free cash flow of $3.63B. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $1.86B in fiscal 2022 to $3.63B in fiscal 2025. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2023, at $705M.

Year by year

Fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital expendituresFree cash flow*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025$4.2B$564M$3.63B
2024ended Dec 31, 2024$4.11B$561M$3.55B
2023ended Dec 31, 2023$3.75B$705M$3.04B
2022ended Dec 31, 2022$2.56B$696M$1.86B
2021ended Dec 31, 2021$3.33B$567M$2.76B
2020ended Dec 31, 2020$3.72B$410M$3.31B
2019ended Dec 31, 2019$3.13B$335M$2.8B
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$3.06B$436M$2.62B
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$3.05B$553M$2.5B
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$3.14B$593M$2.55B

Fiscal years as COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.

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