Colgate-Palmolive Company CL
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0.74
0.87%
as of 25 Sep
- Market cap
- $68.3B
- P/E
- 33.9×
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Return on assets
Colgate-Palmolive Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.9%, down 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.9% (fiscal 2015) to 20.3% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.35%.
Return on assets, annual
Annual
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 13.2% | (4.64) |
| FY2024 | 17.8% | 3.49 |
| FY2023 | 14.3% | 2.72 |
| FY2022 | 11.6% | (2.39) |
| FY2021 | 14.0% | (3.42) |
| FY2020 | 17.4% | 0.00 |
| FY2019 | 17.4% | (1.92) |
| FY2018 | 19.3% | 3.01 |
| FY2017 | 16.3% | (3.97) |
| FY2016 | 20.3% | 9.39 |
Against its own ten years
Low 10.9%
High 20.3%
Ten-year median
16.3%
Current reading's percentile
27
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare | 12.5% |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Company | 11.9% |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare | 11.1% |
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | 8.79% |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | 8.32% |
| KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare | 6.16% |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare | 3.16% |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare | 0.92% |
| UL Unilever PLC compare | 0.00% |
| Household & Personal Products industry median | 0.00% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.35% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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