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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Equity for Colgate Palmolive (CL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 2.66%.

  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Equity fell 19400.0% to 2.66% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 2.66%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 19400.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 4.06% for FY2024, which is 42700.0% up from last year.
  • According to the latest figures from Q3 2025, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Equity is 2.66%, which was down 19400.0% from 3.42% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Equity's 5-year high stood at 5.46% during Q2 2024, with a 5-year trough of 0.16% in Q4 2022.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Return on Equity was 3.42% (2025), whereas its average is 2.89%.
  • In the last 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Equity surged by 37700bps in 2023 and then tumbled by -20400bps in 2025.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Equity (Quarter) stood at 0.18% in 2021, then plummeted by -189bps to 0.16% in 2022, then surged by 2305bps to 3.6% in 2023, then grew by 23bps to 4.42% in 2024, then crashed by -40bps to 2.66% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Equity was 2.66% in Q3 2025, compared to 3.42% in Q2 2025 and 4.77% in Q1 2025.