Colgate Palmolive (CL) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Net Margin came in at 12.79% in Q1 2026, down 199.0% year-on-year from 12.92% in Q1 2025, and up 13479.53% quarter-over-quarter from 0.1% in Q4 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Net Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 12.79% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Net Margin fell 199.0% year-over-year to 12.79% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 10.65%, a 463.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 11.09%, down 408.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin advanced to 12.79% in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 15.75% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 0.1% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 14.78% (2025), against an average of 12.52%.
  • Across the five-year window, Net Margin surged 1442 bps in 2023 and plunged 1585 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Net Margin stood at 0.93% in 2022, then surged by 1553 bps to 15.35% in 2023, then advanced by 3 bps to 15.75% in 2024, then tumbled by 101 bps to 0.1% in 2025, then surged by 13480 bps to 12.79% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Net Margin figures stand at 12.79% (Q1 2026), 0.1% (Q4 2025), and 14.93% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 18.60%
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - 49.24%
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 12.79%
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 12.13%
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 2.43%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 2.40%
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 14.72%
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 11.44%
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn 0.58%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn -10.99%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 12.79%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.10%
Sep 30, 2025 14.93%
Jun 30, 2025 15.13%
Mar 31, 2025 14.78%
Dec 31, 2024 15.75%
Sep 30, 2024 15.42%
Jun 30, 2024 15.16%
Mar 31, 2024 14.39%
Dec 31, 2023 15.35%
Sep 30, 2023 15.20%
Jun 30, 2023 11.07%
Mar 31, 2023 8.68%
Dec 31, 2022 0.93%
Sep 30, 2022 15.31%
Jun 30, 2022 14.25%
Mar 31, 2022 13.71%
Dec 31, 2021 4.27%
Sep 30, 2021 15.43%
Jun 30, 2021 17.39%