COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY (CL) FY2024 Annual Statement of Cash Flows

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Statement of Cash Flows

2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31

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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2024 through Dec 31, 2024One connected Sankey reconciles operating, investing and financing net cash flows through a shared cash pool, from beginning cash to ending cash. Ribbons flow left to right on one dollar scale. Activity totals are dark gray; beginning and ending cash are blue. Cash basis for beginning and ending balances and net cash change: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Intermediate calculation bars are lighter gray. Net income is green for profit and red for loss. Identified asset purchases, sales and maturities are blue in either cash direction. Purple identifies capital transactions such as borrowing, repayments, share issuance and dividends. Free cash flow is a separate comparison, not an added cash flow. Read chart description and values below for full signed amounts, including zero items.Net income including noncontrolling interests → Net cash from operating activities: $3,049,000,000.00Depreciation and amortization → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $605,000,000.00Accounts payable and other accruals → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $516,000,000.00Stock-based compensation expense → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $135,000,000.00Restructuring and termination benefits, net of cash → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $51,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $1,058,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Inventories: $100,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Deferred income taxes: $77,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Receivables: $56,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Other non-current assets and liabilities: $16,000,000.00Proceeds from sale of marketable securities and investments → investing reconciliation: $564,000,000.00Other investing activities → investing reconciliation: $37,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of marketable securities and investments: $574,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Capital expenditures: $561,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $3,389,000,000.00Proceeds from exercise of stock options → financing reconciliation: $638,000,000.00Short-term borrowing (repayment) less than 90 days, net → financing reconciliation: $93,000,000.00Proceeds from issuance of debt → financing reconciliation: $2,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Dividends paid: $1,789,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Purchases of treasury shares: $1,739,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Principal payments on debt: $503,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Other financing activities: $91,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $534,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $966,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $4,107,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Exchange-rate effect: $54,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,096,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $534,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $3,389,000,000.00Other non-current assets and liabilities: -$16,000,000.00Other working capital, net−$16.00 MRestructuring and termination benefits, net of cash: $51,000,000.00Restructuring & termination, net+$51.00 MNet income including noncontrolling interests: $3,049,000,000.00Net income including noncontrolling interests+$3.05 BReceivables: -$56,000,000.00Receivables, net−$56.00 MInventories: -$100,000,000.00Inventories−$100.00 MAccounts payable and other accruals: $516,000,000.00Payables & accrued liabilities+$516.00 MStock-based compensation expense: $135,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$135.00 MGain on the sale of land: $0.00Depreciation and amortization: $605,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$605.00 MDeferred income taxes: -$77,000,000.00Deferred taxes & credits−$77.00 MGoodwill and intangible assets impairment charges: $0.00ERISA litigation matter: $0.00Net cash from operating activities: $4,107,000,000.00Operating cash+$4.11 BOperating adjustments reconciliation: $1,307,000,000.00Short-term borrowing (repayment) less than 90 days, net: $93,000,000.00Short-term debt, net+$93.00 MPrincipal payments on debt: -$503,000,000.00Other debt repaid−$503.00 MProceeds from issuance of debt: $2,000,000.00Other debt issued+$2.00 MDividends paid: -$1,789,000,000.00Ordinary dividends paid−$1.79 BPurchases of treasury shares: -$1,739,000,000.00Common stock repurchases−$1.74 BProceeds from exercise of stock options: $638,000,000.00Stock option exercises+$638.00 MOther financing activities: -$91,000,000.00Other financing, net−$91.00 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$3,389,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$3.39 Bfinancing reconciliation: $4,122,000,000.00Capital expenditures: -$561,000,000.00Capital expenditures−$561.00 MProceeds from the sale of land: $0.00Other investing activities: $37,000,000.00Other investing, net+$37.00 MProceeds from sale of marketable securities and investments: $564,000,000.00Marketable securities proceeds+$564.00 MPayment for acquisitions, net of cash acquired: $0.00Purchases of marketable securities and investments: -$574,000,000.00Marketable securities purchases−$574.00 MNet cash used in investing activities: -$534,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$534.00 Minvesting reconciliation: $1,135,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $5,073,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $966,000,000.00Beginning cash$966.00 MEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,096,000,000.00Ending cash$1.10 BExchange-rate effect: -$54,000,000.00FX effect−$54.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$3.55 BOperating cash − cash spent on productive assetsCash flow / Net income1.35×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$130.00 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY cash flow reconciliation, Jan 1, 2024 through Dec 31, 2024

Cash flows for Jan 1, 2024 through Dec 31, 2024. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Dec 31, 2023. Ending cash: Dec 31, 2024. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Dec 31, 2023
966,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
4,107,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Other non-current assets and liabilities
negative 16,000,000 US dollars
Restructuring and termination benefits, net of cash
51,000,000 US dollars
Net income including noncontrolling interests
3,049,000,000 US dollars
Receivables
negative 56,000,000 US dollars
Inventories
negative 100,000,000 US dollars
Accounts payable and other accruals
516,000,000 US dollars
Stock-based compensation expense
135,000,000 US dollars
Gain on the sale of land
0 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
605,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
negative 77,000,000 US dollars
Goodwill and intangible assets impairment charges
0 US dollars
ERISA litigation matter
0 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 534,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Capital expenditures
negative 561,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from the sale of land
0 US dollars
Other investing activities
37,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities and investments
564,000,000 US dollars
Payment for acquisitions, net of cash acquired
0 US dollars
Purchases of marketable securities and investments
negative 574,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 3,389,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Short-term borrowing (repayment) less than 90 days, net
93,000,000 US dollars
Principal payments on debt
negative 503,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from issuance of debt
2,000,000 US dollars
Dividends paid
negative 1,789,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of treasury shares
negative 1,739,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
638,000,000 US dollars
Other financing activities
negative 91,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
1,307,000,000 US dollars. Intermediate calculation joining the operating reconciliation branches. Its gross amount includes any portion of net income routed through this junction. It is not an additional cash source or use.
financing gross reconciliation
4,122,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
investing gross reconciliation
1,135,000,000 US dollars. Gross amount at the activity's junction before offsetting its receipts and deductions. It is not an additional cash source or use.
Exchange-rate effect
negative 54,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Dec 31, 2024
1,096,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
5,073,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
130,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
1.35×. Operating cash flow divided by reconciliation net income for the same period. Black from 0.90× through 1.10×; green above 1.10×; red below 0.90×. Color uses the unrounded ratio.
Operating cash flow
4,107,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
cash spent on productive assets
561,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
3,546,000,000 US dollars. A supplemental measure; finance-lease payments are excluded from this definition.

Chart connections

  • Beginning cash plus operating, investing and financing cash flows plus the exchange-rate effect equals ending cash. Negative amounts reduce cash.
  • Financing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Investing contributions meet at a reconciliation junction before connecting to the net cash total.
  • Operating reconciliation adjustments are not all independent cash receipts.
  • Net income enters operating cash directly in the reconciliation. The adjustment junction contributes the remaining $1.06B after reconciling the other positive and negative adjustments. These connections depict an accounting reconciliation, not traced cash receipts.
  • Each activity has one net cash bar connected to the shared cash pool. Positive activity totals enter the pool; negative activity totals leave the pool to fund that activity's net payments. The central pool does not assign a particular funding source to a particular payment.
  • The intermediate calculation bars include both sides of the displayed activity breakdowns; they are not additional cash flows.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash spent on productive assets equals free cash flow: 4,107,000,000 US dollars minus 561,000,000 US dollars equals 3,546,000,000 US dollars.
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