Colgate Palmolive (CL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Colgate Palmolive's Tax Rate was 23.55% in Q3 2026, up 0.77 percentage points from 22.78% a year earlier but down 0.76 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Powered by 
Analysis
Colgate Palmolive (CL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Colgate Palmolive's Tax Rate was 26.78% through Sep 30, 2026, up 3.94 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 26.09%, up 3.16 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of +4.51 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Tax Rate was 22.93% in FY2024 (-4.70 pp), 27.62% in FY2023 (+1.57 pp), 26.05% in FY2022 (+1.79 pp) and 24.26% in FY2021 (+2.68 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between 21.30% (Q3 2024) and 104.63% (Q4 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +10.39 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was Q4 2025 (a gain of 83.08 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2023 (a drop of 44.35 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, CL's Tax Rate in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was 24.32% (Q2 2026), 23.65% (Q1 2026) and 104.63% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Procter & Gamble | 384.54 Bn | 336.10 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 21.04% |
| 2 | Colgate Palmolive | 77.30 Bn | 71.78 Bn | 3.23 Bn | 23.55% |
| 3 | Estee Lauder Companies | 41.01 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 2.81 Bn | 32.46% |
| 4 | Kenvue | 37.02 Bn | 32.73 Bn | 2.31 Bn | 29.39% |
| 5 | Kimberly Clark | 36.13 Bn | 32.07 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 20.17% |
| 6 | Church & Dwight | 26.05 Bn | 24.43 Bn | 749.40 Mn | 21.96% |
| 7 | Clorox | 12.29 Bn | 10.55 Bn | 770.00 Mn | 16.43% |
| 8 | e.l.f. Beauty | 7.06 Bn | 5.88 Bn | 370.22 Mn | 30.22% |
| 9 | Reynolds Consumer Products | 5.07 Bn | 4.76 Bn | 236.00 Mn | 23.68% |
| 10 | Bath & Body Works | 4.78 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 692.00 Mn | 28.05% |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 23.55% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 24.32% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.65% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 104.63% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 22.78% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 23.24% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 23.82% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 21.55% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 21.30% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 24.06% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 24.61% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 23.08% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.86% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 39.80% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 26.20% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 67.42% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 23.54% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 24.02% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 24.15% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 41.98% |
API Access
Colgate Palmolive Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=CL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();