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

Colgate Palmolive (CL) recorded quarterly Net Margin of 12.79% in Q1 2026, up 13479.53% quarter-over-quarter from 0.1% in Q4 2025, and down 199.0% on a YoY basis from 12.92% in Q1 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.

  • In Q1 2026, Net Margin fell 199.0% year-over-year to 12.79%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 10.65% (down 463.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 11.09%, down 408.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 12.79% for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 15.75% in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.1% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Net Margin has averaged 12.52% across 5 years, with a median of 14.78% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Net Margin soared 1442 bps in 2023, then plunged 1585 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it 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 sank by 101 bps to 0.1% in 2025, then surged by 13480 bps to 12.79% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 12.79% (Q1 2026), 0.1% (Q4 2025), and 14.93% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 18.60%
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - 5.53%
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 12.79%
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 12.13%
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn -0.41%
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 2.40%
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 14.72%
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 11.44%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 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%