Colgate Palmolive (CL) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive (CL) reported Capital Expenditures of $128 million for Q2 2026, up 18.5% from $108 million a year earlier but down 7.2% from the prior quarter.
Colgate Palmolive (CL) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Colgate Palmolive's Capital Expenditures came in at $598 million, up 8.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $564 million, up 0.5% from FY2024.
- Capital Expenditures has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Capital Expenditures came in at $561 million in FY2024 (-20.4%), $705 million in FY2023 (+1.3%), $696 million in FY2022 (+22.8%) and $567 million in FY2021 (+38.3%).
- Five-year quarterly Capital Expenditures spans a low of $108 million in Q2 2025 and a high of $221 million in Q4 2022.
- Year over year, Capital Expenditures gained in three of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 1.1%.
- The high point for year-over-year Capital Expenditures in five years was Q3 2021 (growth of 52.2%); the low point was Q2 2024 (a decline of 36.4%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $138 million (Q1 2026), $177 million (Q4 2025) and $155 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Capex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 346.43 Bn | 302.42 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 1.02 Bn |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 69.04 Bn | 64.10 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 128.00 Mn |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 34.63 Bn | 22.70 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 151.00 Mn |
| 4 | Kenvue | 34.35 Bn | 29.97 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 64.00 Mn |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 32.85 Bn | 30.17 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 352.00 Mn |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.69 Bn | 21.21 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 29.90 Mn |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.84 Bn | 8.28 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 86.00 Mn |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.00 Bn | 4.97 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 1.43 Mn |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.65 Bn | 4.32 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 57.00 Mn |
| 10 | Interparfums | 3.78 Bn | 3.58 Bn | 223.53 Mn | 1.03 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 128.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 138.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 177.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 155.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 108.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 124.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 184.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 134.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 117.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 126.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 197.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 161.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 184.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 163.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 221.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 175.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 178.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 122.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 193.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 137.00 Mn |
Colgate Palmolive Capital Expenditures 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
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import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "capital-expenditures", "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=capital-expenditures&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();