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

Colgate Palmolive has reported EBT Margin over the past 18 years, most recently at 16.75% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 265.0% year-over-year to 16.75%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 14.42%, down 534.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 15.01%, 467.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 was 16.75% at Colgate Palmolive, up from 2.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 20.08% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 2.07% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 16.78% and a median of 19.33% in 2025 define the central range for EBT Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: surged 1711bps in 2023 and later plummeted -1802bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, EBT Margin stood at 2.85% in 2022, then soared by 600bps to 19.96% in 2023, then rose by 1bps to 20.08% in 2024, then tumbled by -90bps to 2.07% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 711bps to 16.75% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows EBT Margin for CL at 16.75% in Q1 2026, 2.07% in Q4 2025, and 19.33% in Q3 2025.