Colgate Palmolive (CL) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Deferred Taxes came in at -$18.0 million in Q1 2026, up 25.0% year-on-year from -$14.4 million in Q1 2025, and up 84.62% quarter-over-quarter from -$117.0 million in Q4 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Deferred Taxes history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$18.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Deferred Taxes rose 25.0% year-over-year to -$18.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was -$103.0 million, a 8.85% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$109.0 million, down 41.56% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes advanced to -$18.0 million in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from -$117.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $47.0 million in Q3 2023 and bottomed at -$136.0 million in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$7.0 million (2022), against an average of -$22.4 million.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Deferred Taxes was 1466.67% in 2023; the steepest drop was 1411.11% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Deferred Taxes stood at -$65.0 million in 2022, then surged by 116.92% to $11.0 million in 2023, then surged by 90.91% to $21.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 657.14% to -$117.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 84.62% to -$18.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Deferred Taxes figures stand at -$18.0 million (Q1 2026), -$117.0 million (Q4 2025), and $25.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn -18.00 Mn
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn -18.00 Mn
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 28.00 Mn
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 36.00 Mn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn -33.00 Mn
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 4.50 Mn
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 43.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn -
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn -18.58 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -18.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -117.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 25.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 7.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -24.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 21.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -6.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -104.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 12.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 11.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 47.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -136.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -20.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -65.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 3.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -9.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -7.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 14.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -81.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -71.00 Mn