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Colgate Palmolive (CL) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive has reported EBITDA Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 18.11% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin fell 380.0% year-over-year to 18.11%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 15.36%, down 617.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 16.22%, 501.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 was 18.11% at Colgate Palmolive, up from 1.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 21.91% in Q1 2025 and troughed at 1.76% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 18.54% and a median of 20.67% in 2024 define the central range for EBITDA Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: skyrocketed 1729bps in 2023 and later plummeted -1974bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, EBITDA Margin stood at 4.36% in 2022, then soared by 396bps to 21.66% in 2023, then decreased by -1bps to 21.5% in 2024, then tumbled by -92bps to 1.76% in 2025, then soared by 929bps to 18.11% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows EBITDA Margin for CL at 18.11% in Q1 2026, 1.76% in Q4 2025, and 20.64% in Q3 2025.