Colgate Palmolive (CL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $2.1 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 9.38% year-over-year to $2.1 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $8.1 billion (up 4.77% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $7.9 billion, up 2.25% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $2.1 billion for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, roughly flat from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $2.1 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $1.6 billion in Q4 2022.
• Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $1.8 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.9 billion in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Expenses increased 11.51% in 2023, then dropped 0.94% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $1.6 billion in 2022, then gained by 10.41% to $1.8 billion in 2023, then increased by 5.16% to $1.9 billion in 2024, then rose by 9.18% to $2.1 billion in 2025, then advanced by 0.29% to $2.1 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $2.1 billion (Q1 2026), $2.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.