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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Colgate Palmolive has reported Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at $8.2 billion for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Invested Capital at $8.2 billion for Q4 2025, down 3.4% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $8.2 billion (down 3.4% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $8.2 billion, down 3.4%.
  • Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was $8.2 billion at Colgate Palmolive, down from $9.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Invested Capital for CL hit a ceiling of $31.9 billion in Q2 2021 and a floor of -$19.0 billion in Q3 2024.
  • Median Invested Capital over the past 5 years was $8.9 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $5.7 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Invested Capital: soared 1117.82% in 2021 and later tumbled 522.6% in 2023.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Invested Capital stood at $10.5 billion in 2021, then rose by 17.43% to $12.3 billion in 2022, then dropped by 21.1% to $9.7 billion in 2023, then fell by 12.49% to $8.5 billion in 2024, then decreased by 3.4% to $8.2 billion in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Invested Capital were $8.2 billion (Q4 2025), $9.3 billion (Q3 2025), and $13.0 billion (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.