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Colgate-Palmolive stock buybacks

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$1.3Bbought back in the 12 months to Jun 30, 2026

Colgate-Palmolive bought back $1.3B of its stock in the last twelve months, $1.1B more than it paid out in stock compensation. Its share count is down 1.4% from a year earlier.

Stock repurchases by quarter
$0$500M$1BQ3 '20Q3 '21Q3 '22Q3 '23Q3 '24Q2 '26
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PeriodValue
Q3 '20$350M
Q4 '20$898M
Q1 '21$372M
Q2 '21$341M
Q3 '21$251M
Q4 '21$356M
Q1 '22$410M
Q2 '22$381M
Q3 '22$104M
Q4 '22$413M
Q1 '23$180M
Q2 '23$371M
Q3 '23$332M
Q4 '23$245M
Q1 '24$509M
Q2 '24$480M
Q3 '24$295M
Q4 '24$455M
Q1 '25$284M
Q2 '25$232M
Q3 '25$288M
Q4 '25$406M
Q1 '26$306M
Q2 '26$291M
Diluted shares outstanding
804.5M831.8M859.1MQ3 '20Q3 '21Q3 '22Q3 '23Q3 '24Q3 '25Q2 '26
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PeriodValue
Q3 '20861.8M
Q4 '20858.1M
Q1 '21851.4M
Q2 '21849.4M
Q3 '21846.4M
Q4 '21846.0M
Q1 '22843.7M
Q2 '22839.4M
Q3 '22838.5M
Q4 '22833.6M
Q1 '23833.0M
Q2 '23831.3M
Q3 '23827.3M
Q4 '23825.2M
Q1 '24825.9M
Q2 '24823.7M
Q3 '24822.5M
Q4 '24820.7M
Q1 '25815.0M
Q2 '25813.3M
Q3 '25810.2M
Q4 '25805.9M
Q1 '26805.1M
Q2 '26801.8M
$291Mlast quarter (Q2 2026)
$1.1Bnet of stock compensation ($178M)
−1.4%diluted shares, 1 year
−5.6%diluted shares, 5 years
$1.8Bdividends, 12 months
33%of free cash flow ($3.9B) spent on buybacks
$0raised by issuing stock, 12 months
797.2Mshares outstanding (Jun 30, 2026)

Share counts are adjusted for a stock split (2-for-1).

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearBuybacksDividendsStock payFree cash flowDiluted sharesFiling
2025$1.2B$1.8B$155M$3.6B811.1M10-K
2024$1.7B$1.8B$135M$3.5B823.2M10-K
2023$1.1B$1.7B$122M$3.0B829.2M10-K
2022$1.3B$1.7B$125M$1.9B838.8M10-K
2021$1.3B$1.7B$135M$2.8B848.3M10-K
2020$1.5B$1.7B$107M$3.3B859.3M10-K
2019$1.2B$1.6B$100M$2.8B861.1M10-K
2018$1.2B$1.6B$109M$2.6B873.0M10-K
2017$1.4B$1.5B$127M$2.5B887.8M10-K
2016$1.3B$1.5B$123M$2.5B898.4M10-K

Questions

Does Colgate-Palmolive buy back its stock?
Colgate-Palmolive bought back $1.3B of its stock in the last twelve months, $1.1B more than it paid out in stock compensation. Its share count is down 1.4% from a year earlier.
How much did Colgate-Palmolive spend on buybacks in fiscal 2025?
$1.2B, according to its 10-K for the fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2025.
Is Colgate-Palmolive's share count going down?
Its diluted share count changed −5.6% over five fiscal years and −1.4% over the last year.

Latest filing used: 10-Q for the period ending Jun 30, 2026, filed Jul 31, 2026 · open on SEC.gov

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