Colgate Palmolive (CL) Interest Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Interest Expenses came in at $96.0 million in Q1 2026, down 11.93% year-on-year from $109.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 200.0% quarter-over-quarter from $32.0 million in Q4 2025.

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

Colgate Palmolive's Interest Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $96.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Interest Expenses fell 11.93% year-over-year to $96.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $266.0 million, a 6.99% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $660.0 million, up 118.54% from the prior year.
  • Interest Expenses climbed to $96.0 million in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from $32.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Interest Expenses topped out at $123.0 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $25.0 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Interest Expenses is $67.0 million (2025), against an average of $64.5 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Interest Expenses plunged 59.18% in 2022 and soared 248.15% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Interest Expenses stood at $69.0 million in 2022, then plunged by 36.23% to $44.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 43.18% to $25.0 million in 2024, then increased by 28.0% to $32.0 million in 2025, then soared by 200.0% to $96.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Interest Expenses figures stand at $96.0 million (Q1 2026), $32.0 million (Q4 2025), and $67.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Expense (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 223.00 Mn
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 96.00 Mn
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 106.00 Mn
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 58.00 Mn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 82.00 Mn
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 118.50 Mn
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 27.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn 105.32 Mn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 30.90 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 96.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 96.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 32.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 32.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 67.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 67.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 71.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 71.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 109.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 109.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 25.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 25.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 74.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 74.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 78.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 78.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 123.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 123.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 44.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 44.00 Mn