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

Colgate Palmolive has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 18.95% in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 218.0% year-over-year to 18.95% in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 14.88%, a 654.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 16.22%, down 501.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 18.95% for Q2 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from 18.11% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Margin was 21.91% in Q1 2025, with the low at 1.76% in Q4 2025.
• Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 18.56%, with a median of 20.66% recorded in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Operating Margin surged 1729 bps in 2023, then tumbled 1974 bps in 2025.
• Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 4.36% in 2022, then surged by 396 bps to 21.66% in 2023, then dropped by 1 bps to 21.5% in 2024, then tumbled by 92 bps to 1.76% in 2025, then soared by 977 bps to 18.95% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 18.95% (Q2 2026), 18.11% (Q1 2026), and 1.76% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.