Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive (CL) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 31.20% for Q3 2026, down 7.70 percentage points from 38.91% a year earlier but up 1.53 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Colgate Palmolive posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 35.42%, down 5.39 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has a five-year change of +0.33 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 40.80% in FY2024 (+5.61 pp), 35.19% in FY2023 (+9.77 pp), 25.42% in FY2022 (-3.74 pp) and 29.15% in FY2021 (-5.93 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] spans a low of 24.10% in Q4 2022 and a high of 45.29% in Q1 2025.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.02 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was Q2 2024 (a gain of 11.73 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2026 (a drop of 14.97 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 29.67% (Q2 2026), 30.32% (Q1 2026) and 32.85% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 393.58 Bn | 345.38 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 23.37% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 79.23 Bn | 74.06 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 31.20% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 40.61 Bn | 27.71 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 7.49% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 13.21% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.40 Bn | 32.48 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 21.00% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.67 Bn | 25.06 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 15.26% |
| 7 | Clorox | 13.24 Bn | 11.66 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 37.50% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.97 Bn | 5.79 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 8.06% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.22 Bn | 4.91 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 11.51% |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.32 Bn | 2.11 Bn | 692.00 Mn | 51.72% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 31.20% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 29.67% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 30.32% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 32.85% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 38.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 41.66% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 45.29% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 40.06% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 38.65% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 37.94% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 36.91% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 34.71% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.00% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 26.21% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 25.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 24.10% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 26.56% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 27.17% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 29.48% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 29.21% |
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Colgate Palmolive Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();