Colgate Palmolive (CL) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive (CL) recorded quarterly Retained Earnings of $26.8 billion in Q1 2026, up 0.83% quarter-over-quarter from $26.6 billion in Q4 2025, and up 1.53% on a YoY basis from $26.4 billion in Q1 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Retained Earnings history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $26.8 billion for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Retained Earnings rose 1.53% year-over-year to $26.8 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $26.8 billion (up 1.53% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $26.6 billion, up 729.91% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings was $26.8 billion for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from $26.6 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Retained Earnings ranged from a high of $27.1 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of -$4.3 billion in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Retained Earnings has averaged $8.2 billion across 5 years, with a median of -$3.9 billion in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Retained Earnings plunged 116.58% in 2024, then jumped 763.99% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Retained Earnings shows it stood at $24.6 billion in 2022, then slumped by 116.02% to -$3.9 billion in 2023, then dropped by 7.24% to -$4.2 billion in 2024, then jumped by 729.91% to $26.6 billion in 2025, then advanced by 0.83% to $26.8 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Retained Earnings figures came in at $26.8 billion (Q1 2026), $26.6 billion (Q4 2025), and $27.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - -13.11 Mn
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 135.42 Bn
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - -
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 26.82 Bn
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn -5.21 Bn
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn -3.41 Bn
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn -1.16 Bn
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn -16.60 Mn
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 223.00 Mn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn 882,000.00

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 26.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 26.60 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 27.05 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -3.92 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 26.41 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 -4.22 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 -4.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -4.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 -4.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 -3.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 24.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -3.94 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 -3.98 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 24.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 24.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -4.31 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 -4.25 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 24.35 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 24.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -4.37 Bn