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

Colgate Palmolive (CL) recorded quarterly Change in Inventory of $41.0 million in Q1 2026, up 141.0% quarter-over-quarter from -$100.0 million in Q4 2025, and down 52.33% on a YoY basis from $86.0 million in Q1 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.

  • In Q1 2026, Change in Inventory fell 52.33% year-over-year to $41.0 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at -$154.0 million (down 178.17% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$109.0 million, down 209.0% from the prior year.
  • Change in Inventory was $41.0 million for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from -$100.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Inventory ranged from a high of $215.0 million in Q1 2022 to a low of -$100.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Change in Inventory has averaged $10.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $6.0 million in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Change in Inventory soared 11800.0% in 2022, then plunged 1766.67% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Inventory shows it 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 slumped by 1766.67% to -$100.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 141.0% to $41.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Change in Inventory figures came in at $41.0 million (Q1 2026), -$100.0 million (Q4 2025), and -$6.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Inventory (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 91.00 Mn
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - -1.08 Bn
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 41.00 Mn
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 19.00 Mn
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn -
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 44.00 Mn
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 45.10 Mn
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn -19.00 Mn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn 78,000.00

Historic Data

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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