Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive (CL) posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 27.25% for Q2 2026, down 8.07 percentage points from 35.31% a year earlier and down 0.83 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 27.92%, down 7.30 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of -7.70 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 35.22% in FY2024 (+5.02 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 36.59% in Q1 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.60 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 Q3 2022, with a drop of 9.49 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] for the three prior quarters was 28.07% (Q1 2026), 27.12% (Q4 2025) and 33.91% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 336.76 Bn | 292.75 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 17.36% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 67.18 Bn | 62.24 Bn | 3.30 Bn | 27.25% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 33.32 Bn | 21.40 Bn | 2.74 Bn | 2.45% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 33.09 Bn | 28.70 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 10.24% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 31.38 Bn | 28.71 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 19.45% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 22.37 Bn | 20.90 Bn | 693.90 Mn | 13.09% |
| 7 | Clorox | 9.72 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 804.00 Mn | 26.61% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 6.17 Bn | 5.15 Bn | 398.84 Mn | 4.57% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 4.71 Bn | 4.37 Bn | 245.00 Mn | 11.14% |
| 10 | Interparfums | 3.65 Bn | 3.46 Bn | 223.53 Mn | 15.84% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 | 36.59% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 35.72% |
| 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% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 34.86% |
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();