CL Cash Flow Breakdown | COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY Cash Flow Breakdown

Cash flow breakdown shows where COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY's cash came from and where it went: from running the business, from investing (buying or selling equipment, companies and investments) and from financing (borrowing, paying back loans, buying back shares, paying dividends). One row per year or quarter. A minus sign means cash went out. Financing is shown line by line: buybacks, dividends, debt paid back, new debt and the rest. All amounts are the filed figures for that period.

Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from running the business, $4.20B came in.
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from investing, $817.00M went out.
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: from financing, $3.26B went out.
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31: change in cash, $192.00M came in.

A minus sign means cash went out. * = worked out from the filed year-to-date figures (hover to see how); greyed = already counted inside another line.

Each year (12 month)

Fiscal year end	Running the business	From investing	Buybacks	Dividends	Debt paid back	New debt	Commercial paper	New shares sold	Other	Not split out	Change in cash
2025-12-31	$4.20B	-$817.00M	-$1.21B	-$1.82B			-$989.00M	$101.00M	$132.00M	$533.00M*	$192.00M
2024-12-31	$4.11B	-$534.00M	-$1.74B	-$1.79B			$93.00M	$638.00M	-$91.00M	-$501.00M*	$130.00M
2023-12-31	$3.75B	-$742.00M	-$1.13B	-$1.75B	$0.00		-$906.00M	$380.00M	$18.00M	$592.00M*	$191.00M
2022-12-31	$2.56B	-$1.60B	-$1.31B	-$1.69B	$0.00		$1.08B*	$418.00M	-$18.00M	$567.00M*	-$57.00M
2021-12-31	$3.33B	-$592.00M	-$1.32B	-$1.68B	-$75.00M		-$171.00M	$424.00M	-$24.00M	$71.00M*	-$56.00M
2020-12-31	$3.72B	-$779.00M	-$1.48B	-$1.65B	-$20.00M		$488.00M	$874.00M	$33.00M	-$1.16B*	$5.00M
2019-12-31	$3.13B	-$2.10B	-$1.20B	-$1.61B	-$6.61B	$8.06B	$296.00M	$498.00M	$15.00M	-$311.00M*	$157.00M
2018-12-31	$3.06B	-$1.17B	-$1.24B	-$1.59B	-$7.36B	$7.18B	$546.00M*	$329.00M			-$809.00M
2017-12-31	$3.05B	-$471.00M	-$1.40B	-$1.53B	-$4.81B	$4.78B		$507.00M			$220.00M
2016-12-31	$3.14B	-$499.00M	-$1.33B	-$1.51B	-$7.27B	$7.44B		$386.00M		$60.00M*	$345.00M
2015-12-31	$2.95B	-$685.00M	-$1.55B	-$1.49B	-$9.18B	$9.60B		$299.00M		$48.00M*	-$119.00M
2014-12-31	$3.30B	-$859.00M	-$1.53B	-$1.45B	-$8.53B	$8.96B		$314.00M		$57.00M*	$127.00M
2013-12-31	$3.20B	-$890.00M	-$1.52B	-$1.38B	-$7.55B	$7.98B		$289.00M		$50.00M*	$78.00M
2012-12-31	$3.20B	-$865.00M	-$1.94B	-$1.28B	-$5.01B	$5.45B		$409.00M		$69.00M*	$6.00M
2011-12-31	$2.90B	-$1.21B	-$1.81B	-$1.20B	-$4.43B	$5.84B		$332.00M		$21.00M*	$388.00M
2010-12-31	$3.21B	-$658.00M	-$2.02B	-$1.14B	-$4.72B	$5.01B		$211.00M	$31.00M		-$110.00M
2009-12-31	$3.28B	-$841.00M	-$1.06B	-$981.00M	-$3.95B	$3.42B		$284.00M	$16.00M		$45.00M
2008-12-31	$2.30B	-$613.00M	-$1.07B						$26.00M	-$483.00M*	$126.00M
2007-12-31	$2.25B	-$528.00M	-$1.27B							-$534.00M*	-$61.00M

Each quarter (3 month)

Quarter end	Running the business	From investing	Buybacks	Dividends	Debt paid back	New debt	Commercial paper	New shares sold	Other	Not split out	Change in cash
2026-06-30	$995.00M*	-$122.00M*	-$291.00M*	-$462.00M*			-$85.00M*	$11.00M*	-$20.00M*	-$4.00M*
2026-03-31	$747.00M	-$122.00M	-$306.00M	-$417.00M			$1.14B	$127.00M	-$23.00M	-$1.08B*	$47.00M
2025-12-31	$1.45B*	-$103.00M*	-$406.00M*	-$523.00M*			-$1.13B*	$18.00M*	-$13.00M*	$691.00M*
2025-09-30	$1.26B*	-$154.00M*	-$288.00M*	-$420.00M*			$169.00M*	$18.00M*	$9.00M*	-$516.00M*
2025-06-30	$884.00M*	-$401.00M*	-$232.00M*	-$474.00M*			-$194.00M*	$25.00M*	$104.00M*	$362.00M*
2025-03-31	$600.00M	-$159.00M	-$284.00M	-$406.00M			$164.00M	$40.00M	$32.00M	-$4.00M*	$16.00M
2024-12-31	$1.27B*	-$80.00M*	-$455.00M*	-$514.00M*			-$244.00M*	$27.00M*	-$92.00M*	-$1.00M*
2024-09-30	$1.17B*	-$150.00M*	-$295.00M*	-$408.00M*			-$399.00M*	$156.00M*	$44.00M*	-$2.00M*
2024-06-30	$990.00M*	-$111.00M*	-$480.00M*	-$473.00M*			$8.00M*	$119.00M*	-$20.00M*	$1.00M*
2024-03-31	$681.00M	-$193.00M	-$509.00M	-$394.00M			$728.00M	$336.00M	-$23.00M	-$499.00M*	$113.00M
2023-12-31	$1.14B*	-$143.00M*	-$245.00M*	-$506.00M*			-$342.00M*	$55.00M*	$48.00M*	-$2.00M*
2023-09-30	$1.15B*	-$161.00M*	-$332.00M*	-$396.00M*			-$149.00M*	$66.00M*	-$35.00M*
2023-06-30	$722.00M*	-$174.00M*	-$371.00M*	-$457.00M*			$512.00M*	$137.00M*	$0.00*	-$401.00M*
2023-03-31	$735.00M	-$264.00M	-$180.00M	-$390.00M			-$927.00M	$122.00M	$5.00M	$995.00M*	$92.00M
2022-12-31	$673.00M*	-$173.00M*	-$413.00M*	-$485.00M*			$1.19B*	$20.00M*	$20.00M*	-$1.00B*
2022-09-30	$969.00M*	-$946.00M*	-$104.00M*	-$392.00M*			-$2.09B*	$162.00M*	-$20.00M*	$2.54B*
2022-06-30	$528.00M*	-$341.00M*	-$381.00M*	-$436.00M*			$575.00M*	$65.00M*	-$13.00M*	$9.00M*
2022-03-31	$386.00M	-$141.00M	-$410.00M	-$378.00M			$413.00M	$171.00M	-$5.00M*		$45.00M
2021-12-31	$1.11B*	-$130.00M*	-$356.00M*	-$496.00M*			-$376.00M*	$142.00M*	-$15.00M*	-$5.00M*
2021-09-30	$994.00M*	-$173.00M*	-$251.00M*	-$387.00M*			-$246.00M*	$131.00M*	-$7.00M*	-$24.00M*
2021-06-30	$627.00M*	-$147.00M*	-$341.00M*	-$420.00M*			$86.00M*	$121.00M*	$4.00M*
2021-03-31	$598.00M	-$142.00M	-$372.00M	-$376.00M			$365.00M	$30.00M	-$6.00M	$25.00M*	$107.00M
2020-12-31	$963.00M*	-$111.00M*	-$898.00M*	-$492.00M*				$234.00M*	-$1.00M*	$206.00M*
2020-09-30	$962.00M*	-$151.00M*	-$350.00M*	-$378.00M*	-$1.17B*	$880.00M*		$287.00M*	$23.00M*	-$122.00M*
2020-06-30	$1.03B*	-$58.00M*	-$8.00M*	-$411.00M*	-$902.00M*	$432.00M*		$56.00M*	$40.00M*
2020-03-31	$768.00M	-$459.00M	-$220.00M	-$373.00M			$17.00M	$297.00M	-$29.00M		-$29.00M
2019-12-31	$970.00M*	-$24.00M*	-$178.00M*	-$474.00M*	-$2.43B*	$2.05B*		$8.00M*
2019-09-30	$914.00M*	-$1.86B*	-$360.00M*	-$370.00M*	-$1.08B*	$2.64B*		$223.00M*
2019-06-30	$644.00M*	-$114.00M*	-$265.00M*	-$404.00M*	-$1.33B*	$1.29B*		$196.00M*
2019-03-31	$605.00M	-$98.00M	-$399.00M	-$366.00M	-$1.77B	$2.08B		$71.00M			$117.00M
2018-12-31	$862.00M*	$4.00M*	-$282.00M*	-$469.00M*	-$1.88B*	$1.64B*		$10.00M*			-$115.00M*
2018-09-30	$897.00M*	-$161.00M*	-$260.00M*	-$366.00M*	-$1.52B*	$1.27B*		$159.00M*			$8.00M*
2018-06-30	$681.00M*	-$132.00M*	-$345.00M*	-$404.00M*	-$1.87B*	$2.04B*				$41.00M*	-$18.00M*
2018-03-31	$616.00M	-$881.00M	-$351.00M	-$352.00M	-$2.08B	$2.23B				$119.00M*	-$684.00M
2017-12-31	$759.00M*	$61.00M*	-$344.00M*	-$459.00M*	-$1.26B*	$1.30B*				$76.00M*	$155.00M*
2017-09-30	$990.00M*	-$220.00M*	-$395.00M*	-$354.00M*	-$1.71B*	$1.72B*				$94.00M*	$139.00M*
2017-06-30	$614.00M*	-$154.00M*	-$327.00M*	-$371.00M*	-$1.04B*	$1.02B*				$112.00M*	-$106.00M*
2017-03-31	$691.00M	-$158.00M	-$333.00M	-$345.00M	-$805.00M	$738.00M				$225.00M*	$32.00M
2016-12-31	$824.00M*	-$54.00M*	-$422.00M*	-$455.00M*	-$1.83B*	$1.99B*				$28.00M*	$17.00M*
2016-09-30	$997.00M*	-$105.00M*	-$431.00M*	-$349.00M*	-$1.37B*	$1.32B*				$144.00M*	$213.00M*
2016-06-30	$706.00M*	-$196.00M*	-$253.00M*	-$364.00M*	-$1.69B*	$1.75B*				$128.00M*	$71.00M*
2016-03-31	$614.00M	-$144.00M	-$229.00M	-$340.00M	-$2.39B	$2.37B				$146.00M*	$44.00M
2015-12-31	$841.00M*	-$341.00M*	-$355.00M*	-$460.00M*	-$2.49B*	$2.31B*				$46.00M*	-$475.00M*
2015-09-30	$885.00M*	$94.00M*	-$429.00M*	-$344.00M*	-$2.51B*	$2.61B*				$109.00M*	$386.00M*
2015-06-30	$496.00M*	-$181.00M*	-$393.00M*	-$360.00M*	-$2.01B*	$2.58B*				$64.00M*	$200.00M*
2015-03-31	$727.00M	-$257.00M	-$374.00M	-$329.00M	-$2.17B	$2.10B				$128.00M*	-$230.00M
2014-12-31	$906.00M*	-$404.00M*	-$411.00M*	-$456.00M*	-$2.31B*	$2.36B*				$76.00M*	-$266.00M*
2014-09-30	$1.00B*	-$141.00M*	-$373.00M*	-$328.00M*	-$1.94B*	$1.89B*				$142.00M*	$194.00M*
2014-06-30	$569.00M*	-$65.00M*	-$293.00M*	-$346.00M*	-$2.34B*	$1.75B*				$103.00M*	-$634.00M*
2014-03-31	$820.00M	-$249.00M	-$453.00M	-$316.00M	-$1.94B	$2.96B				$50.00M*	$833.00M
2013-12-31	$839.00M*	-$262.00M*	-$406.00M*	-$352.00M*	-$2.05B*	$2.41B*				$63.00M*	$241.00M*
2013-09-30	$1.04B*	-$230.00M*	-$344.00M*	-$405.00M*	-$2.08B*	$1.76B*				$104.00M*	-$163.00M*
2013-06-30	$548.00M*	-$166.00M*	-$386.00M*	-$335.00M*	-$1.99B*	$2.25B*				$76.00M*	-$48.00M*
2013-03-31	$777.00M	-$232.00M	-$385.00M	-$290.00M	-$1.44B	$1.55B				$96.00M*	$48.00M
2012-12-31	$1.06B*	-$241.00M*	-$599.00M*	-$326.00M*	-$1.33B*	$1.32B*				$88.00M*	-$25.00M*
2012-09-30	$940.00M*	-$303.00M*	-$450.00M*	-$358.00M*	-$1.38B*	$1.26B*				$199.00M*	-$86.00M*
2012-06-30	$531.00M*	-$280.00M*	-$431.00M*	-$315.00M*	-$1.29B*	$1.69B*				$85.00M*	-$49.00M*
2012-03-31	$662.00M	-$41.00M	-$463.00M	-$278.00M	-$1.01B	$1.18B				$106.00M*	$166.00M
2011-12-31	$839.00M*	-$215.00M*	-$420.00M*	-$353.00M*	-$1.71B*	$1.77B*				$37.00M*	-$67.00M*
2011-09-30	$903.00M*	$113.00M*	-$369.00M*	-$282.00M*	-$851.00M*	$641.00M*				$96.00M*	$206.00M*
2011-06-30	$474.00M*	-$1.04B*	-$437.00M*	-$307.00M*	-$626.00M*	$1.80B*				$188.00M*	$53.00M*
2011-03-31	$680.00M	-$71.00M	-$580.00M	-$261.00M	-$1.24B	$1.64B				$32.00M*	$196.00M
2010-12-31	$968.00M*	-$220.00M*	-$635.00M*	-$338.00M*						$94.00M*	-$164.00M*
2010-09-30	$941.00M*	-$223.00M*	-$407.00M*	-$284.00M*						$60.00M*	$99.00M*
2010-06-30	$569.00M*	-$128.00M*	-$473.00M*							$36.00M*	-$6.00M*
2010-03-31	$733.00M	-$87.00M	-$505.00M							-$172.00M*	-$39.00M
2009-12-31	$902.00M*	-$357.00M*	-$399.00M*							-$251.00M*	-$247.00M*
2009-09-30	$1.16B*	-$267.00M*	-$268.00M*							-$687.00M*	-$49.00M*
2009-06-30	$521.00M*	-$135.00M*	-$194.00M*							-$16.00M*	$194.00M*
2009-03-31	$690.00M	-$82.00M	-$202.00M							-$253.00M*	$147.00M
2008-12-31	$525.00M*	-$272.00M*	-$240.00M*							-$77.00M*	-$80.00M*
2008-09-30	$740.60M*	-$170.00M*	-$291.00M*							-$249.50M*	$11.90M*

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