Colgate Palmolive (CL) Change in Accured Expenses (2009 - 2025)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Change in Accured Expenses came in at $278.0 million in Q3 2025, up 109.02% year-on-year from $133.0 million in Q3 2024, and up 245.55% quarter-over-quarter from -$191.0 million in Q2 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Change in Accured Expenses (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Change in Accured Expenses history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $278.0 million for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Accured Expenses rose 109.02% year-over-year to $278.0 million in Q3 2025; TTM through Sep 2025 was $219.0 million, a 53.21% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2024 full-year figure at $516.0 million, up 66.99% from the prior year.
  • Change in Accured Expenses climbed to $278.0 million in Q3 2025 per CL's latest filing, from -$191.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Accured Expenses topped out at $278.0 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at -$191.0 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Accured Expenses is $15.0 million (2023), against an average of $39.7 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Accured Expenses jumped 786.67% in 2024 and tumbled 812.5% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Change in Accured Expenses stood at $121.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 202.48% to -$124.0 million in 2022, then surged by 213.71% to $141.0 million in 2023, then surged by 34.04% to $189.0 million in 2024, then soared by 47.09% to $278.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Change in Accured Expenses figures stand at $278.0 million (Q3 2025), -$191.0 million (Q2 2025), and -$57.0 million (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Accured Expenses (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 345.30 Bn 333.00 Bn 10.51 Bn -
2 Unilever 134.17 Bn 123.69 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.43 Bn 72.09 Bn 3.23 Bn -
4 Kenvue 37.18 Bn 37.07 Bn 2.30 Bn 7.00 Mn
5 Kimberly Clark 36.86 Bn 36.32 Bn 1.53 Bn -
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.63 Bn 26.50 Bn 2.84 Bn 258.00 Mn
7 Church & Dwight 23.33 Bn 22.82 Bn 681.40 Mn -131.30 Mn
8 Clorox 11.74 Bn 10.55 Bn 722.00 Mn -6.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.41 Bn 6.26 Bn 153.20 Mn -
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.70 Bn 4.41 Bn 326.45 Mn 65.48 Mn

Historic Data

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Sep 30, 2025 278.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 278.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -191.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -191.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -57.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -57.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 189.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 189.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 133.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 133.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 186.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 186.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 8.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 8.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 141.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 141.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 15.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 15.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 155.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 155.00 Mn