Colgate Palmolive (CL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's Debt Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.48 for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio fell 3.8% year-over-year to 0.48 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.48, a 3.8% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.42, down 15.06% from the prior year.
• Debt Ratio climbed to 0.48 in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.56 in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.41 in Q2 2025.
• The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.5 (2024), against an average of 0.49.
• Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio climbed 16.16% in 2022 and slipped 17.48% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.56 in 2022, then slipped by 9.69% to 0.5 in 2023, then dropped by 1.43% to 0.5 in 2024, then fell by 15.06% to 0.42 in 2025, then grew by 13.57% to 0.48 in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.48 (Q1 2026), 0.42 (Q4 2025), and 0.42 (Q3 2025).