Colgate Palmolive (CL) Interest Paid (2022 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive's Interest Paid came in at $78 million for Q3 2026, down 20.4% from $98 million a year earlier but up 151.6% from the prior quarter.
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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Interest Paid (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Colgate Palmolive reported Interest Paid of $240 million, down 11.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $270 million, down 10.6% from FY2024.
- Interest Paid carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Interest Paid was $302 million in FY2024 (+7.9%), $280 million in FY2023 (+85.4%), $151 million in FY2022 (-22.2%) and $194 million in FY2021 (+3.2%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Interest Paid is $28 million (Q2 2025) to $123 million (Q1 2024).
- Year-over-year, Interest Paid increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 9.0%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Interest Paid over five years came in Q3 2023 (growth of 192.3%), and the weakest in Q2 2025 (a decline of 26.3%).
- Business Quant data shows CL's Interest Paid at $31 million (Q2 2026), $96 million (Q1 2026) and $35 million (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Interest Paid (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 389.52 Bn | 341.08 Bn | 11.60 Bn | - |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.87 Bn | 72.35 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 78.00 Mn |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 40.86 Bn | 27.95 Bn | 2.81 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | - |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.57 Bn | 32.51 Bn | 1.44 Bn | - |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.26 Bn | 24.65 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 15.40 Mn |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.68 Bn | 10.94 Bn | 770.00 Mn | - |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.96 Bn | 5.78 Bn | 370.22 Mn | - |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.15 Bn | 4.85 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 21.00 Mn |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.60 Bn | 1.80 Bn | 692.00 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 78.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 31.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 96.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 35.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 98.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 28.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 109.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 35.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 106.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 38.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 123.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 37.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 114.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 35.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 94.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 47.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 39.00 Mn |
API Access
Colgate Palmolive Interest Paid API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-paid&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-paid", "ticker": "CL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-paid&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();