Colgate Palmolive (CL) Payables (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Payables came in at $2.1 billion in Q1 2026, up 18.44% year-on-year from $1.8 billion in Q1 2025, and down 33.5% quarter-over-quarter from $3.2 billion in Q4 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Payables (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

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

  • On a quarterly basis, Payables rose 18.44% year-over-year to $2.1 billion in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $2.1 billion, a 18.44% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $3.2 billion, up 30.06% from the prior year.
  • Payables fell to $2.1 billion in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from $3.2 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Payables topped out at $3.4 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $1.5 billion in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Payables is $2.0 billion (2023), against an average of $2.1 billion.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Payables was 64.76% in 2025; the steepest drop was 16.82% in 2025.
  • Year by year, Payables stood at $1.6 billion in 2022, then advanced by 29.83% to $2.0 billion in 2023, then grew by 21.55% to $2.5 billion in 2024, then surged by 30.06% to $3.2 billion in 2025, then tumbled by 33.5% to $2.1 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Payables figures stand at $2.1 billion (Q1 2026), $3.2 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.0 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Payables (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 345.95 Bn 333.64 Bn 10.51 Bn 15.03 Bn
2 Unilever 134.07 Bn 123.59 Bn - 19.72 Bn
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.64 Bn 72.30 Bn 3.23 Bn 2.13 Bn
4 Kenvue 37.28 Bn 37.17 Bn 2.30 Bn 2.53 Bn
5 Kimberly Clark 36.96 Bn 36.42 Bn 1.53 Bn 3.67 Bn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 30.06 Bn 26.94 Bn 2.84 Bn 1.32 Bn
7 Church & Dwight 23.36 Bn 22.86 Bn 681.40 Mn 729.90 Mn
8 Clorox 11.85 Bn 10.66 Bn 722.00 Mn 3.07 Bn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.39 Bn 6.25 Bn 153.20 Mn 21.06 Mn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.86 Bn 4.57 Bn 326.45 Mn 97.47 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 2.13 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 3.21 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.98 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 3.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.13 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.07 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.03 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.50 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.56 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.56 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.52 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.59 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.52 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.28 Bn