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.

• In Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 23.0% year-over-year to 60.59%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 60.06% (down 64.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 60.11%, down 39.0% from the prior year.
• Gross Margin was 60.59% for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from 60.15% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 61.08% in Q3 2024 to a low of 55.61% in Q4 2022.
• Historically, Gross Margin has averaged 59.06% across 5 years, with a median of 59.6% in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Gross Margin sank 304 bps in 2022, then surged 399 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it 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.
• The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 60.59% (Q1 2026), 60.15% (Q4 2025), and 59.42% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.