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.

• In Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 3.8% year-over-year to 0.48; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.48 (down 3.8% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.42, down 15.06% from the prior year.
• Debt Ratio was 0.48 for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.56 in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.41 in Q2 2025.
• Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.49 across 5 years, with a median of 0.5 in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Debt Ratio gained 16.16% in 2022, then retreated 17.48% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it 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.
• The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.48 (Q1 2026), 0.42 (Q4 2025), and 0.42 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.