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

Colgate Palmolive's Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 18.11% for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 380.0% year-over-year to 18.11% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 15.36%, a 617.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 16.22%, down 501.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin climbed to 18.11% in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 1.76% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 21.91% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 1.76% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 20.67% (2024), against an average of 18.54%.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin soared 1729 bps in 2023 and plunged 1974 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 4.36% in 2022, then jumped by 396 bps to 21.66% in 2023, then slipped by 1 bps to 21.5% in 2024, then slumped by 92 bps to 1.76% in 2025, then jumped by 929 bps to 18.11% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Operating Margin figures stand at 18.11% (Q1 2026), 1.76% (Q4 2025), and 20.64% (Q3 2025).