Colgate Palmolive (CL) Current Taxes (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive (CL) posted Current Taxes of $358 million for Q3 2026, up 5.6% from $339 million a year earlier but down 12.7% from the prior quarter.
Colgate Palmolive (CL) Current Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Colgate Palmolive's Current Taxes came in at $383 million, down 5.0% from FY2024.
- Annual Current Taxes shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -1.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Colgate Palmolive's Current Taxes was $403 million in FY2024 (+19.9%), $336 million in FY2023 (+6.0%), $317 million in FY2022 (-27.3%) and $436 million in FY2021 (+8.2%).
- Quarterly Current Taxes has run from a low of $297 million in Q1 2023 to a high of $490 million in Q1 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Current Taxes increased in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 4.6%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Current Taxes in the past five years was Q1 2024, with growth of 38.0%; the weakest was Q1 2023, with a decline of 37.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Current Taxes for the three prior quarters was $410 million (Q2 2026), $444 million (Q1 2026) and $383 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Current Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 389.52 Bn | 341.08 Bn | 11.60 Bn | - |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.87 Bn | 72.35 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 358.00 Mn |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 40.86 Bn | 27.95 Bn | 2.81 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 118.00 Mn |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.57 Bn | 32.51 Bn | 1.44 Bn | - |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.26 Bn | 24.65 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 44.80 Mn |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.68 Bn | 10.94 Bn | 770.00 Mn | - |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.96 Bn | 5.78 Bn | 370.22 Mn | - |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.15 Bn | 4.85 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 1.00 Mn |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.60 Bn | 1.80 Bn | 692.00 Mn | 28.00 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 358.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 410.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 444.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 383.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 339.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 321.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 490.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 403.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 347.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 399.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 410.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 336.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 354.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 453.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 297.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 317.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 433.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 390.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 473.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 436.00 Mn |
Colgate Palmolive Current Taxes 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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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=current-taxes&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "current-taxes", "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=current-taxes&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();