Colgate Palmolive (CL) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio came in at 10.04 in Q1 2026, up 1.72% year-on-year from 9.87 in Q1 2025, and up 249.28% quarter-over-quarter from 2.88 in Q4 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Interest Coverage Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 10.04 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 1.72% year-over-year to 10.04 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 12.01, a 20.04% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 5.01, down 64.56% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio rose to 10.04 in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 2.88 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Coverage Ratio topped out at 42.52 in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 2.88 in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 15.21 (2025), against an average of 16.99.
  • Across the five-year window, Interest Coverage Ratio soared 732.22% in 2023 and slumped 93.24% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 2.93 in 2022, then surged by 732.22% to 24.36 in 2023, then surged by 74.52% to 42.52 in 2024, then slumped by 93.24% to 2.88 in 2025, then soared by 249.28% to 10.04 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Interest Coverage Ratio figures stand at 10.04 (Q1 2026), 2.88 (Q4 2025), and 15.81 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 346.74 Bn 334.43 Bn 10.51 Bn 20.52
2 Unilever 134.47 Bn 123.99 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.63 Bn 72.29 Bn 3.23 Bn 10.04
4 Kenvue 37.34 Bn 37.24 Bn 2.30 Bn 7.24
5 Kimberly Clark 36.98 Bn 36.44 Bn 1.53 Bn 12.98
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.87 Bn 26.74 Bn 2.84 Bn 3.04
7 Church & Dwight 23.41 Bn 22.90 Bn 681.40 Mn 2.46
8 Clorox 11.80 Bn 10.61 Bn 722.00 Mn 17.26
9 Yatsen Holding 6.36 Bn 6.22 Bn 153.20 Mn -0.02
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.80 Bn 4.51 Bn 326.45 Mn -1.63

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.04
Dec 31, 2025 2.88
Sep 30, 2025 15.81
Jun 30, 2025 15.21
Mar 31, 2025 9.87
Dec 31, 2024 42.52
Sep 30, 2024 14.39
Jun 30, 2024 14.00
Mar 31, 2024 8.51
Dec 31, 2023 24.36
Sep 30, 2023 17.74
Jun 30, 2023 16.79
Mar 31, 2023 9.67
Dec 31, 2022 2.93
Sep 30, 2022 23.68
Jun 30, 2022 28.52
Mar 31, 2022 31.85
Dec 31, 2021 15.87
Sep 30, 2021 9.87
Jun 30, 2021 39.84