Colgate-Palmolive Company CL

86.06 0.74 0.87% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$68.3B
P/E
33.9×
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Gross margin

Colgate-Palmolive Company's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 60.4%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (60.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 57.0% (fiscal 2022) to 60.8% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 46.3% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.8%.

Gross margin, annual

Annual

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 60.1% (0.39)
FY2024 60.5% 2.29
FY2023 58.2% 1.17
FY2022 57.0% (2.51)
FY2021 59.6% (1.27)
FY2020 60.8% 1.40
FY2019 59.4% 0.03
FY2018 59.4% (0.66)
FY2017 60.1% 0.01
FY2016 60.0% 1.42

Quarterly

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 61.5% 0.89
Mar 2026 60.6% 0.44
Dec 2025 60.2% 0.73
Sep 2025 59.4% (0.64)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 57.0% High 60.8%
Ten-year median 59.6%
Current reading's percentile 82

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 75.5%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 74.4%
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 60.4%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 58.2%
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 50.2%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 45.7%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 42.3%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 36.8%
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.00%
Household & Personal Products industry median 46.3%
Consumer Defensive sector median 34.8%
Market median 46.3%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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