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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Capital Employed: 2009-2025

Historic Return on Capital Employed for Colgate Palmolive (CL) over the last 16 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 0.39%.

  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Capital Employed changed negligibly% 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 negligible change of negligibly%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.41% for FY2024, which is 6.00% up from last year.
  • As of Q3 2025, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.39%, which was down 6.61% from 0.42% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Capital Employed peaked at 0.45% during Q1 2025, and registered a low of 0.24% during Q4 2022.
  • Over the past 3 years, Colgate Palmolive's median Return on Capital Employed value was 0.38% (recorded in 2024), while the average stood at 0.36%.
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Capital Employed decreased by 7bps in 2022, and later rose by 12bps in 2024.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Capital Employed (Quarterly) stood at 0.29% in 2021, then dropped by 5bps to 0.24% in 2022, then rose by 11bps to 0.35% in 2023, then climbed by 5bps to 0.40% in 2024, then remained steady at 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.