Colgate Palmolive (CL) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Change in Inventory came in at $41.0 million in Q1 2026, down 52.33% year-on-year from $86.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 141.0% quarter-over-quarter from -$100.0 million in Q4 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Change in Inventory (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Change in Inventory history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $41.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Change in Inventory fell 52.33% year-over-year to $41.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was -$154.0 million, a 178.17% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$109.0 million, down 209.0% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory rose to $41.0 million in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from -$100.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Inventory topped out at $215.0 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed at -$100.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Inventory is $6.0 million (2024), against an average of $10.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Change in Inventory surged 11800.0% in 2022 and plunged 1766.67% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Change in Inventory stood at -$89.0 million in 2022, then surged by 50.56% to -$44.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 113.64% to $6.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 1766.67% to -$100.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 141.0% to $41.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Change in Inventory figures stand at $41.0 million (Q1 2026), -$100.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$6.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 345.95 Bn 333.64 Bn 10.51 Bn 91.00 Mn
2 Unilever 134.07 Bn 123.59 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.64 Bn 72.30 Bn 3.23 Bn 41.00 Mn
4 Kenvue 37.28 Bn 37.17 Bn 2.30 Bn 19.00 Mn
5 Kimberly Clark 36.96 Bn 36.42 Bn 1.53 Bn -
6 Estee Lauder Companies 30.06 Bn 26.94 Bn 2.84 Bn 44.00 Mn
7 Church & Dwight 23.36 Bn 22.86 Bn 681.40 Mn 45.10 Mn
8 Clorox 11.85 Bn 10.66 Bn 722.00 Mn -19.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.39 Bn 6.25 Bn 153.20 Mn -
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.86 Bn 4.57 Bn 326.45 Mn 78,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 41.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 41.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -100.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -100.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -6.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -6.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -89.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 -89.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 86.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 86.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 6.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 6.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 77.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 77.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 28.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 28.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -11.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -11.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -44.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -44.00 Mn