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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Profit After Tax (2016 - 2025)

Colgate Palmolive has reported Profit After Tax over the past 17 years, most recently at -$134.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Profit After Tax at -$134.0 million for Q4 2025, down 121.65% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $2.1 billion (down 26.41% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $2.1 billion, down 26.2%.
  • Profit After Tax for Q4 2025 was -$134.0 million at Colgate Palmolive, down from $766.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Profit After Tax for CL hit a ceiling of $873.0 million in Q4 2023 and a floor of -$139.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • Median Profit After Tax over the past 5 years was $660.0 million (2021), compared with a mean of $569.2 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Profit After Tax: plummeted 143.44% in 2022 and later soared 728.06% in 2023.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Profit After Tax stood at $320.0 million in 2021, then crashed by 143.44% to -$139.0 million in 2022, then surged by 728.06% to $873.0 million in 2023, then decreased by 29.1% to $619.0 million in 2024, then crashed by 121.65% to -$134.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Profit After Tax were -$134.0 million (Q4 2025), $766.0 million (Q3 2025), and $743.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.