Colgate Palmolive (CL) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive's EBT Margin was 17.72% in Q2 2026, down 1.99 percentage points from 19.71% a year earlier but up 0.97 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Colgate Palmolive (CL) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Colgate Palmolive's EBT Margin was 13.98% through Jun 30, 2026, down 5.72 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 15.01%, down 4.67 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin shows a five-year change of -7.13 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, EBT Margin was 19.68% in FY2024 (+2.25 pp), 17.43% in FY2023 (+2.63 pp), 14.80% in FY2022 (-2.92 pp) and 17.72% in FY2021 (-4.42 pp).
- Quarterly EBT Margin has moved between 2.07% (Q4 2025) and 20.08% (Q4 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, EBT Margin has declined for five straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.82 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for EBT Margin over five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 17.11 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2025 (a drop of 18.02 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CL's EBT Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was 16.75% (Q1 2026), 2.07% (Q4 2025) and 19.33% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 346.43 Bn | 302.42 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 18.55% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 69.04 Bn | 64.10 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 17.72% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 34.63 Bn | 22.70 Bn | 2.74 Bn | -2.87% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 34.35 Bn | 29.97 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 15.12% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 32.85 Bn | 30.17 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 13.65% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.69 Bn | 21.21 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 16.73% |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.84 Bn | 8.28 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 10.93% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.00 Bn | 4.97 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 19.67% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.65 Bn | 4.32 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 12.29% |
| 10 | Interparfums | 3.78 Bn | 3.58 Bn | 223.53 Mn | 14.15% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.72% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 16.75% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.07% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 19.33% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.71% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.41% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 20.08% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.59% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.97% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 19.09% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 19.96% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.45% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 18.39% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 11.76% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.85% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 20.02% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.76% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 18.07% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.36% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 19.32% |
Colgate Palmolive EBT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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import requests
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params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "ticker": "CL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();