Colgate-Palmolive Company
CL Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products
Colgate-Palmolive Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $20.4 billion, up 1.40% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.91%, EPS fell 5.43%, free cash flow grew 11.7% and total debt fell 10.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for three.
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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 0.24% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.22%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| 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
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 | 0.24% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 0.22% |
| 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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