Colgate Palmolive (CL) Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive (CL) recorded quarterly Invested Capital of $8.5 billion in Q1 2026, up 1.27% quarter-over-quarter from $8.4 billion in Q4 2025, and down 75.61% on a YoY basis from $34.7 billion in Q1 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Invested Capital history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $8.5 billion for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Invested Capital fell 75.61% year-over-year to $8.5 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $8.5 billion (down 75.61% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $8.4 billion, up 124.12% from the prior year.
  • Invested Capital was $8.5 billion for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from $8.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Invested Capital ranged from a high of $34.7 billion in Q1 2025 to a low of -$19.1 billion in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Invested Capital has averaged $5.4 billion across 5 years, with a median of $8.5 billion in 2026.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Invested Capital sank 316.35% in 2022, then jumped 721.05% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Invested Capital shows it stood at -$16.4 billion in 2022, then retreated by 8.58% to -$17.8 billion in 2023, then surged by 120.96% to $3.7 billion in 2024, then surged by 124.12% to $8.4 billion in 2025, then climbed by 1.27% to $8.5 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Invested Capital figures came in at $8.5 billion (Q1 2026), $8.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $9.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Invested Cap. (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - 152.69 Mn
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 67.91 Bn
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - 50.99 Bn
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 8.46 Bn
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 12.20 Bn
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 2.52 Bn
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 3.99 Bn
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 4.38 Bn
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 2.58 Bn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn 1.97 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 8.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 8.35 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 9.28 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -19.06 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 34.68 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 3.73 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 12.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 9.63 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 8.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -17.78 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 33.28 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 12.66 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 33.04 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -16.37 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 4.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -16.77 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -16.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 7.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 10.87 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 8.36 Bn