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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Colgate Palmolive has reported Debt Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.42 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Debt Ratio at 0.42 for Q4 2025, down 15.06% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.42 (down 15.06% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.42, down 15.06%.
  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.42 at Colgate Palmolive, up from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for CL hit a ceiling of 0.56 in Q4 2022 and a floor of 0.41 in Q2 2025.
  • Median Debt Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.5 (2024), compared with a mean of 0.49.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt Ratio: rose 16.16% in 2022 and later fell 17.48% in 2025.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Debt Ratio stood at 0.48 in 2021, then grew by 16.16% to 0.56 in 2022, then dropped by 9.69% to 0.5 in 2023, then decreased by 1.43% to 0.5 in 2024, then dropped by 15.06% to 0.42 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Debt Ratio were 0.42 (Q4 2025), 0.42 (Q3 2025), and 0.41 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.