Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Equity (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's Return on Equity history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.05% for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Return on Equity rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.05%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.05% (up 5.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.01%, down 1.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Equity was 0.05% for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.05% in Q1 2026 to a low of 0.76% in Q4 2024.
• Historically, Return on Equity has averaged 0.04% across 5 years, with a median of 0.0% in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Return on Equity plunged 73 bps in 2024, then soared 80 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.0% in 2022, then sank by 2430 bps to 0.03% in 2023, then sank by 2146 bps to 0.76% in 2024, then soared by 105 bps to 0.04% in 2025, then surged by 41 bps to 0.05% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Equity figures came in at 0.05% (Q1 2026), 0.04% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.