Company: Colgate-Palmolive Company
Ticker: CL
Form: 10-K
Filed: 2026-02-23
Fiscal Period: {"fp": "FY", "fy": 2025}

Question: What was Colgate-Palmolive Company's operating cash flow margin in fiscal year 2025?
Question Type: derived_ratio

Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
Answer (Numeric): 20.6
Answer (Display): 20.60%
Unit: percent

Evidence:
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Derivation: {"denominator": "revenue", "denominator_value": 20382.0, "format": "percentage", "numerator": "operating_cash_flow", "numerator_value": 4198.0, "op": "divide"}