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Colgate Palmolive (CL) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Historic Return on Sales for Colgate Palmolive (CL) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 0.15%.

  • Colgate Palmolive's Return on Sales changed 0.0% to 0.15% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 0.15%, marking a year-over-year change of 0.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.15% for FY2024, which is 300.0% up from last year.
  • Per Colgate Palmolive's latest filing, its Return on Sales stood at 0.15% for Q3 2025, which was down 0.0% from 0.15% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Sales peaked at 0.17% during Q2 2021, and registered a low of 0.01% during Q4 2022.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Return on Sales was 0.15% (2025), whereas its average is 0.13%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Colgate Palmolive's Return on Sales crashed by -1200bps in 2021 and then surged by 1400bps in 2023.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Colgate Palmolive's Return on Sales stood at 0.04% in 2021, then crashed by -78bps to 0.01% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 1553bps to 0.15% in 2023, then rose by 3bps to 0.16% in 2024, then dropped by -5bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Sales stands at 0.15% for Q3 2025, versus 0.15% for Q2 2025 and 0.15% for Q1 2025.