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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Invested Capital for Colgate Palmolive (CL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.34%.

  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital fell 400.0% 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 400.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.37% for FY2024, which is 11800.0% up from last year.
  • Per Colgate Palmolive's latest filing, its Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.34% for Q3 2025, which was down 400.0% from 0.35% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital registered a high of 0.38% during Q4 2024, and its lowest value of 0.61% during Q1 2023.
  • Over the past 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's median Return on Invested Capital value was 0.31% (recorded in 2023), while the average stood at 0.2%.
  • In the last 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital tumbled by -7300bps in 2022 and then skyrocketed by 9400bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital (Quarter) stood at 0.13% in 2021, then plummeted by -582bps to 0.6% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 152bps to 0.31% in 2023, then rose by 21bps to 0.38% in 2024, then dropped by -11bps 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.