Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive (CL) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 27.58% for Q3 2026, down 6.33 percentage points from 33.91% a year earlier but up 0.33 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 29.01%, down 7.50 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of -6.61 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 36.51% in FY2024 (+6.31 pp), 30.20% in FY2023 (+6.14 pp), 24.05% in FY2022 (-5.78 pp) and 29.83% in FY2021 (-5.79 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has run from a low of 22.02% in Q2 2023 to a high of 37.97% in Q1 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.95 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the past five years was Q2 2024, with a gain of 13.15 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2025, with a drop of 9.93 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior quarters was 27.25% (Q2 2026), 28.07% (Q1 2026) and 27.12% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 393.58 Bn | 345.38 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 17.18% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 79.23 Bn | 74.06 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 27.58% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 40.61 Bn | 27.71 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 4.45% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 10.61% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.40 Bn | 32.48 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 19.64% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.67 Bn | 25.06 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 13.26% |
| 7 | Clorox | 13.24 Bn | 11.66 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 26.70% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.97 Bn | 5.79 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 5.63% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.22 Bn | 4.91 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 10.14% |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.32 Bn | 2.11 Bn | 692.00 Mn | 68.81% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 27.58% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 27.25% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 28.07% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 27.12% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 33.91% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 35.31% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 37.97% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 37.05% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 35.61% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 35.17% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 31.93% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 30.91% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 23.15% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.02% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 22.81% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 22.67% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 25.36% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 27.35% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 29.15% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 29.80% |
API Access
Colgate Palmolive Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "CL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();