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

Colgate Palmolive (CL) has 17 years of Return on Equity data on record, last reported at 4.97% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity fell 498.0% year-over-year to 4.97%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 4.97%, down 498.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 17.0%, 1724.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 4.97% in Q4 2025 per CL's latest filing, down from 5.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 9.95% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 1.62% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.82%, with a median of 0.19% recorded in 2024.
  • The widest YoY moves for Return on Equity: up 527bps in 2025, down -498bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 1.58% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 34bps to 1.04% in 2022, then soared by 85bps to 0.16% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 6509bps to 9.95% in 2024, then plummeted by -50bps to 4.97% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Equity were 4.97% in Q4 2025, 5.04% in Q3 2025, and 1.62% in Q2 2025.