Colgate Palmolive (CL) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive (CL) reported Net Margin of 13.99% for Q3 2026, down 0.34 percentage points from 14.32% a year earlier but up 1.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, Colgate Palmolive's Net Margin came in at 9.65%, down 4.82 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 10.46%, down 3.91 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin has a five-year change of -5.90 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Net Margin came in at 14.37% in FY2024 (+2.55 pp), 11.82% in FY2023 (+1.89 pp), 9.93% in FY2022 (-2.50 pp) and 12.43% in FY2021 (-3.93 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Net Margin spans a low of -0.71% in Q4 2025 and a high of 14.94% in Q4 2024.
- Year over year, Net Margin has now declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.34 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Net Margin in five years was Q4 2023 (a gain of 14.40 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2025 (a drop of 15.65 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 12.93% (Q2 2026), 12.13% (Q1 2026) and -0.71% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 389.52 Bn | 341.08 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 20.33% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.87 Bn | 72.35 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 13.99% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 40.86 Bn | 27.95 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 6.27% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 11.07% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.57 Bn | 32.51 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 43.37% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.26 Bn | 24.65 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 13.25% |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.68 Bn | 10.94 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 8.92% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.96 Bn | 5.78 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 5.77% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.15 Bn | 4.85 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 6.14% |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.60 Bn | 1.80 Bn | 692.00 Mn | 7.79% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 13.99% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 12.93% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.13% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.71% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 14.32% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.54% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.05% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.94% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.64% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.45% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.48% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.51% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.40% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 10.41% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 7.80% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.11% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 13.87% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 13.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 12.71% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.36% |
API Access
Colgate Palmolive Net Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-margin", "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=net-margin&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();