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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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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Return on invested capital

Colgate-Palmolive Company's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 27.7%, down 1.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (29.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.6% (fiscal 2022) to 47.2% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.00% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.20%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 29.3% (6.81)
FY2024 36.1% 6.90
FY2023 29.2% 8.58
FY2022 20.6% (7.77)
FY2021 28.4% (3.79)
FY2020 32.1% 1.55
FY2019 30.6% (8.96)
FY2018 39.6% (4.29)
FY2017 43.8% (3.38)
FY2016 47.2% 15.70

Against its own ten years

Low 20.6% High 47.2%
Ten-year median 31.5%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 27.7%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 21.1%
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 15.7%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 14.0%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 10.7%
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 9.95%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 6.40%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 4.72%
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.00%
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.00%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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