Colgate Palmolive (CL) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 16.75% in Q1 2026, down 265.0% year-on-year from 10.15% in Q1 2025, and up 711.34% quarter-over-quarter from 2.07% in Q4 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's EBT Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 16.75% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin fell 265.0% year-over-year to 16.75% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 14.42%, a 534.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 15.01%, down 467.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin improved to 16.75% in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 2.07% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 20.08% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 2.07% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 19.33% (2025), against an average of 16.78%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBT Margin jumped 1711 bps in 2023 and tumbled 1802 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, EBT Margin stood at 2.85% in 2022, then jumped by 600 bps to 19.96% in 2023, then grew by 1 bps to 20.08% in 2024, then plunged by 90 bps to 2.07% in 2025, then surged by 711 bps to 16.75% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL EBT Margin figures stand at 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 345.30 Bn 333.00 Bn 10.51 Bn 23.49%
2 Unilever 134.17 Bn 123.69 Bn - 8.80%
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.43 Bn 72.09 Bn 3.23 Bn 16.75%
4 Kenvue 37.18 Bn 37.07 Bn 2.30 Bn 17.19%
5 Kimberly Clark 36.86 Bn 36.32 Bn 1.53 Bn 16.45%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.63 Bn 26.50 Bn 2.84 Bn 4.82%
7 Church & Dwight 23.33 Bn 22.82 Bn 681.40 Mn 18.55%
8 Clorox 11.74 Bn 10.55 Bn 722.00 Mn 15.33%
9 Yatsen Holding 6.41 Bn 6.26 Bn 153.20 Mn 0.32%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.70 Bn 4.41 Bn 326.45 Mn -13.47%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%
Jun 30, 2021 22.37%