Colgate Palmolive (CL) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive's Retained Earnings came in at $27.09 billion for Q2 2026, up 1.3% from $26.74 billion a year earlier and up 1.0% from the prior quarter.
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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Colgate Palmolive's Retained Earnings was $26.6 billion, up 1.7% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings has increased in each of the last 16 years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Retained Earnings was $26.15 billion in FY2024 (+3.4%), $25.29 billion in FY2023 (+2.9%), $24.57 billion in FY2022 (+0.9%) and $24.35 billion in FY2021 (+2.7%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q2 2009.
- Year-over-year, Retained Earnings has increased for 11 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 3.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Retained Earnings over five years came in Q2 2024 (growth of 5.1%), and the weakest in Q2 2023 (a decline of 0.3%).
- Business Quant data shows CL's Retained Earnings at $26.82 billion (Q1 2026), $26.6 billion (Q4 2025) and $27.05 billion (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 346.43 Bn | 302.42 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 135.85 Bn |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 69.04 Bn | 64.10 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 27.09 Bn |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 34.63 Bn | 22.70 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 11.34 Bn |
| 4 | Kenvue | 34.35 Bn | 29.97 Bn | 2.30 Bn | -70.00 Mn |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 32.85 Bn | 30.17 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 9.77 Bn |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.69 Bn | 21.21 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 7.04 Bn |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.84 Bn | 8.28 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 386.00 Mn |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.00 Bn | 4.97 Bn | 398.84 Mn | -89.33 Mn |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.65 Bn | 4.32 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 853.00 Mn |
| 10 | Interparfums | 3.78 Bn | 3.58 Bn | 223.53 Mn | 838.59 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 27.09 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 26.82 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 26.60 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 27.05 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 26.74 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 26.41 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 26.15 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 25.81 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 25.49 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 25.16 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 25.29 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 24.57 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 24.26 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 24.15 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 24.57 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 24.57 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 24.34 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 24.15 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.35 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 24.20 Bn |
API Access
Colgate Palmolive Retained Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "ticker": "CL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();