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

Colgate Palmolive's Gross Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 60.59% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 23.0% year-over-year to 60.59% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 60.06%, a 64.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 60.11%, down 39.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin improved to 60.59% in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 60.15% 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.
• The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 59.6% (2023), against an average of 59.06%.
• Across the five-year window, Gross Margin sank 304 bps in 2022 and jumped 399 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 55.61% in 2022, then climbed by 7 bps to 59.6% in 2023, then increased by 1 bps to 60.3% in 2024, then decreased by 0 bps to 60.15% in 2025, then climbed by 1 bps to 60.59% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Gross Margin figures stand at 60.59% (Q1 2026), 60.15% (Q4 2025), and 59.42% (Q3 2025).