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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Capital Employed for Colgate Palmolive (CL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.39%.

  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Capital Employed changed 0.0% to 0.39% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.39%, marking a year-over-year change of 0.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.41% for FY2024, which is 600.0% up from last year.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Capital Employed amounted to 0.39% in Q3 2025, which was down 0.0% from 0.42% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Colgate Palmolive's 5-year Return on Capital Employed high stood at 0.45% for Q1 2025, and its period low was 0.24% during Q4 2022.
  • In the last 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Capital Employed had a median value of 0.34% in 2021 and averaged 0.33%.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first tumbled by -700bps in 2022, then surged by 1200bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Capital Employed (Quarter) stood at 0.29% in 2021, then decreased by -17bps to 0.24% in 2022, then soared by 44bps to 0.35% in 2023, then rose by 15bps to 0.4% in 2024, then fell by -3bps to 0.39% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Capital Employed stands at 0.39% for Q3 2025, versus 0.42% for Q2 2025 and 0.45% for Q1 2025.