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

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Retained Earnings came in at $26.8 billion in Q1 2026, up 751.51% year-on-year from $3.1 billion in Q1 2025, and up 791.31% quarter-over-quarter from -$3.9 billion in Q4 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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Retained Earnings rose 751.51% year-over-year to $26.8 billion in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $26.8 billion, a 751.51% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$3.9 billion, down 114.84% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings rose to $26.8 billion in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from -$3.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $26.8 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at -$4.3 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $3.4 billion (2022), against an average of $7.7 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Retained Earnings sank 116.36% in 2025 and soared 751.51% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Retained Earnings stood at $24.6 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 84.5% to $3.8 billion in 2023, then soared by 586.58% to $26.1 billion in 2024, then plunged by 114.84% to -$3.9 billion in 2025, then soared by 791.31% to $26.8 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Retained Earnings figures stand at $26.8 billion (Q1 2026), -$3.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $4.3 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 135.42 Bn
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 26.82 Bn
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn -5.21 Bn
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 867.00 Mn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 11.59 Bn
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn -16.60 Mn
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn -152.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn -1.15 Bn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 882,000.00

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 26.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 -3.88 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 4.28 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 -3.92 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 -4.12 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 26.15 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 25.81 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 -4.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 25.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 3.81 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 -3.97 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 -3.94 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 24.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 24.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 -4.18 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 -4.31 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 3.36 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 -4.39 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 -4.43 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -4.37 Bn