Colgate Palmolive (CL) Accounts Payables (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive's Accounts Payables was $2.12 billion in Q2 2026, up 18.2% from $1.79 billion a year earlier and up 0.9% from the prior quarter.
Colgate Palmolive (CL) Accounts Payables (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Accounts Payables at Colgate Palmolive came in at $2.09 billion, up 15.7% from FY2024.
- Accounts Payables has now increased for ten consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 8.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Accounts Payables was $1.81 billion in FY2024 (+6.3%), $1.7 billion in FY2023 (+9.5%), $1.55 billion in FY2022 (+4.9%) and $1.48 billion in FY2021 (+6.2%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Accounts Payables in data going back to Q2 2009.
- Compared with a year earlier, Accounts Payables has increased for 11 straight quarters, with growth averaging 13.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Accounts Payables over five years was Q3 2022 (growth of 22.5%); the worst was Q3 2023 (a decline of 3.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, CL's Accounts Payables in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $2.1 billion (Q1 2026), $2.09 billion (Q4 2025) and $1.87 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Accounts Payables (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 346.43 Bn | 302.42 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 16.31 Bn |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 69.04 Bn | 64.10 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 2.12 Bn |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 34.63 Bn | 22.70 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 1.58 Bn |
| 4 | Kenvue | 34.35 Bn | 29.97 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 2.58 Bn |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 32.85 Bn | 30.17 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 3.37 Bn |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.69 Bn | 21.21 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 775.90 Mn |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.84 Bn | 8.28 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 1.60 Bn |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.00 Bn | 4.97 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 95.92 Mn |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.65 Bn | 4.32 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 433.00 Mn |
| 10 | Interparfums | 3.78 Bn | 3.58 Bn | 223.53 Mn | 82.86 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.12 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.10 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.09 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.87 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.79 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.80 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.81 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.63 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.56 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.65 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.70 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.48 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.54 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.61 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.55 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.54 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.51 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.58 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.48 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.26 Bn |
Colgate Palmolive Accounts Payables API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=accounts-payables&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "accounts-payables", "ticker": "CL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=accounts-payables&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();