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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive has reported Debt Ratio over the past 18 years, most recently at 0.48 for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 3.8% year-over-year to 0.48; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.48, down 3.8%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.42, 15.06% down from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 was 0.48 at Colgate Palmolive, up from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.56 in Q4 2022 and troughed at 0.41 in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.49 and a median of 0.5 in 2024 define the central range for Debt Ratio.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt Ratio: grew 16.16% in 2022 and later dropped 17.48% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.56 in 2022, then decreased by 9.69% to 0.5 in 2023, then fell by 1.43% to 0.5 in 2024, then decreased by 15.06% to 0.42 in 2025, then rose by 13.57% to 0.48 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Debt Ratio for CL at 0.48 in Q1 2026, 0.42 in Q4 2025, and 0.42 in Q3 2025.