COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY (CL) FY2026 Q2 Statement of Cash Flows

Statement of Cash Flows

2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30

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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY cash flow reconciliation, Apr 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2026One 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: $720,000,000.00Depreciation and amortization → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $155,000,000.00Accounts payable and other working capital → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $135,000,000.00Restructuring and termination benefits, net of cash → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $67,000,000.00Stock-based compensation expense → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $38,000,000.00Other non-current assets → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $28,000,000.00Deferred income taxes → Operating adjustments reconciliation: $3,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Net cash from operating activities: $275,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Inventories: $69,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Receivables: $59,000,000.00Operating adjustments reconciliation → Other non-current liabilities: $23,000,000.00Proceeds from sale of marketable securities and investments → investing reconciliation: $56,000,000.00Other investing activities → investing reconciliation: $4,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Capital expenditures: $128,000,000.00investing reconciliation → Purchases of marketable securities and investments: $54,000,000.00Net cash used in financing activities → financing reconciliation: $851,000,000.00Proceeds from exercise of stock options → financing reconciliation: $11,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Dividends paid: $462,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Purchases of treasury shares: $291,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Short-term borrowing (repayment) less than 90 days, net: $85,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Other financing activities: $20,000,000.00financing reconciliation → Principal payments of debt: $4,000,000.00Net cash used in investing activities → investing reconciliation: $122,000,000.00Exchange-rate effect → Cash sources and uses: $13,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash → Cash sources and uses: $1,335,000,000.00Net cash from operating activities → Cash sources and uses: $995,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,370,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in investing activities: $122,000,000.00Cash sources and uses → Net cash used in financing activities: $851,000,000.00Net income including noncontrolling interests: $720,000,000.00Net income including noncontrolling interests+$720.00 MDepreciation and amortization: $155,000,000.00Depreciation & amortization+$155.00 MERISA litigation matter: $0.00Restructuring and termination benefits, net of cash: $67,000,000.00Restructuring & termination, net+$67.00 MStock-based compensation expense: $38,000,000.00Stock-based compensation+$38.00 MDeferred income taxes: $3,000,000.00Deferred taxes & credits+$3.00 MReceivables: -$59,000,000.00Receivables, net−$59.00 MInventories: -$69,000,000.00Inventories−$69.00 MAccounts payable and other working capital: $135,000,000.00Payables & other working capital+$135.00 MOther non-current assets: $28,000,000.00Other noncurrent assets+$28.00 MOther non-current liabilities: -$23,000,000.00Other noncurrent liabilities−$23.00 MNet cash from operating activities: $995,000,000.00Operating cash+$995.00 MOperating adjustments reconciliation: $426,000,000.00Short-term borrowing (repayment) less than 90 days, net: -$85,000,000.00Short-term debt, net−$85.00 MPrincipal payments of debt: -$4,000,000.00Other debt repaid−$4.00 MProceeds from issuance of debt: $0.00Dividends paid: -$462,000,000.00Ordinary dividends paid−$462.00 MPurchases of treasury shares: -$291,000,000.00Common stock repurchases−$291.00 MProceeds from exercise of stock options: $11,000,000.00Stock option exercises+$11.00 MOther financing activities: -$20,000,000.00Other financing, net−$20.00 MNet cash used in financing activities: -$851,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Financing cash−$851.00 Mfinancing reconciliation: $862,000,000.00Purchases of marketable securities and investments: -$54,000,000.00Marketable securities purchases−$54.00 MProceeds from sale of marketable securities and investments: $56,000,000.00Marketable securities proceeds+$56.00 MPayment for acquisition, net of cash acquired: $0.00Other investing activities: $4,000,000.00Other investing, net+$4.00 MCapital expenditures: -$128,000,000.00Capital expenditures−$128.00 MNet cash used in investing activities: -$122,000,000.00. Cash required to fund net payments.Investing cash−$122.00 Minvesting reconciliation: $182,000,000.00Cash sources and uses: $2,343,000,000.00Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,335,000,000.00Beginning cash$1.34 BEnding cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash: $1,370,000,000.00Ending cash$1.37 BExchange-rate effect: $13,000,000.00FX effect+$13.00 MCASH RECONCILIATIONOperatingflowsInvestingflowsFinancingflowsFree cash flow$867.00 MOperating cash − cash spent on productive assetsCash flow / Net income1.38×Operating cash flow ÷ net incomeNet cash change+$35.00 MEnding cash − beginning cash
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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY cash flow reconciliation, Apr 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2026

Cash flows for Apr 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. Cash basis: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash. Beginning cash: Mar 31, 2026. Ending cash: Jun 30, 2026. Beginning and ending cash are dated balances. Positive cash flows add cash; negative cash flows reduce it.

Beginning cash on Mar 31, 2026
1,335,000,000 US dollars. Beginning cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Operating activities
995,000,000 US dollars. Net cash provided.
Net income including noncontrolling interests
720,000,000 US dollars
Depreciation and amortization
155,000,000 US dollars
ERISA litigation matter
0 US dollars
Restructuring and termination benefits, net of cash
67,000,000 US dollars
Stock-based compensation expense
38,000,000 US dollars
Deferred income taxes
3,000,000 US dollars
Receivables
negative 59,000,000 US dollars
Inventories
negative 69,000,000 US dollars
Accounts payable and other working capital
135,000,000 US dollars
Other non-current assets
28,000,000 US dollars
Other non-current liabilities
negative 23,000,000 US dollars
Investing activities
negative 122,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Purchases of marketable securities and investments
negative 54,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities and investments
56,000,000 US dollars
Payment for acquisition, net of cash acquired
0 US dollars
Other investing activities
4,000,000 US dollars
Capital expenditures
negative 128,000,000 US dollars
Financing activities
negative 851,000,000 US dollars. Net cash used.
Short-term borrowing (repayment) less than 90 days, net
negative 85,000,000 US dollars
Principal payments of debt
negative 4,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from issuance of debt
0 US dollars
Dividends paid
negative 462,000,000 US dollars
Purchases of treasury shares
negative 291,000,000 US dollars
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
11,000,000 US dollars
Other financing activities
negative 20,000,000 US dollars
Operating adjustment reconciliation
426,000,000 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
862,000,000 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
182,000,000 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
13,000,000 US dollars
Ending cash on Jun 30, 2026
1,370,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash: Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash sources and uses
2,343,000,000 US dollars. Opening cash plus net sources, equal to net uses plus ending cash.
Net cash change
35,000,000 US dollars. Ending cash minus beginning cash.
Cash flow / Net income
1.38×. 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
995,000,000 US dollars. Operating cash flow used in the free cash flow calculation.
cash spent on productive assets
128,000,000 US dollars. These cash purchases are already included in investing activities above.
Free cash flow
867,000,000 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 $275.00M 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.
  • Cash-flow net income is $720.00 M, derived by subtracting the earlier cumulative period; the income statement reports $719.00 M for the same period. The $1.00 M difference is rounding: the filing reports each amount rounded to the nearest million dollars, and the quarter is the difference of two rounded year-to-date amounts. Neither amount has been adjusted.
  • Operating cash flow minus cash spent on productive assets equals free cash flow: 995,000,000 US dollars minus 128,000,000 US dollars equals 867,000,000 US dollars.
  • Cash-flow net income is $720.00 M, derived by subtracting the earlier cumulative period; the income statement reports $719.00 M for the same period. The $1.00 M difference is rounding: the filing reports each amount rounded to the nearest million dollars, and the quarter is the difference of two rounded year-to-date amounts. Neither amount has been adjusted.
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