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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Colgate Palmolive (CL) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on record, last reported at 60.15% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 15.0% year-over-year to 60.15%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 60.11%, down 39.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 60.11%, 39.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 60.15% in Q4 2025 per CL's latest filing, up from 59.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 61.08% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 55.61% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 59.09%, with a median of 59.51% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: plummeted -304bps in 2022, then surged 399bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 58.12% in 2021, then decreased by -4bps to 55.61% in 2022, then rose by 7bps to 59.6% in 2023, then increased by 1bps to 60.3% in 2024, then decreased by 0bps to 60.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Gross Margin were 60.15% in Q4 2025, 59.42% in Q3 2025, and 60.06% in Q2 2025.