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

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Colgate Palmolive (CL) over the last 16 years, with Sep 2025 value amounting to 0.34%.

  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital fell 4.00% to 0.34% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.34%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 4.00%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.37% for FY2024, which is 118.00% up from last year.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital amounted to 0.34% in Q3 2025, which was down 3.96% from 0.35% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital's 5-year high stood at 0.38% during Q4 2024, with a 5-year trough of -0.61% in Q1 2023.
  • For the 3-year period, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital averaged around 0.24%, with its median value being 0.34% (2025).
  • As far as peak fluctuations go, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital plummeted by 73bps in 2022, and later spiked by 94bps in 2024.
  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital (Quarterly) stood at 0.13% in 2021, then tumbled by 73bps to -0.60% in 2022, then spiked by 92bps to 0.31% in 2023, then rose by 7bps to 0.38% in 2024, then declined by 4bps to 0.34% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Invested Capital was 0.34% in Q3 2025, compared to 0.35% in Q2 2025 and 0.38% in Q1 2025.