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Colgate-Palmolive Company CL

Consumer Defensive  —  Household & Personal Products
86.06 0.74 0.87% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$68.3B
P/E
33.9×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Aristocrat Cash Flow Champion (3y) Revenue Champion (5y)
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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Debt to equity

Colgate-Palmolive Company's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 13.9×, down 8.0× from fiscal 2025 (21.9×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −149× (fiscal 2015) to 384× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

Annual

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 21.9× 49.77%
FY2024 14.6× 63.57%
FY2023 8.9× (17.76%)
FY2022 10.9× 46.37%
FY2021 7.4× 11.27%
FY2020 6.7× (50.95%)
FY2019 13.6× (57.92%)
FY2018 32.3× 19.39%
FY2017 27.1× (92.96%)
FY2016 384× —

Quarterly

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 13.9× (15.38%)
Mar 2026 16.4× (25.04%)
Dec 2025 21.9× 221.81%
Sep 2025 6.8× (18.31%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −149× High 384×
Ten-year median 13.6×
Current reading's percentile 73

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.0×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 0.5×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 0.6×
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 0.7×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 0.7×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 1.9×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 3.5×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 13.9×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 15.8×
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.2×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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