Colgate Palmolive (CL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 23.65% in Q1 2026, down 16.0% year-on-year from 28.16% in Q1 2025, and down 77.39% quarter-over-quarter from 104.63% in Q4 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 23.65% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 16.0% year-over-year to 23.65% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 26.14%, a 346.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 26.09%, up 316.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate slipped to 23.65% in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from 104.63% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 104.63% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 21.3% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 23.82% (2025), against an average of 31.75%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate slumped 4435 bps in 2023 and jumped 8308 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 67.42% in 2022, then tumbled by 66 bps to 23.08% in 2023, then slipped by 7 bps to 21.55% in 2024, then soared by 386 bps to 104.63% in 2025, then sank by 77 bps to 23.65% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Tax Rate figures stand at 23.65% (Q1 2026), 104.63% (Q4 2025), and 22.78% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 20.83%
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - -27.77%
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 23.65%
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 29.46%
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 23.94%
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 50.28%
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 20.65%
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 25.39%
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn -31.60%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 18.44%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.65%
Mar 31, 2026 23.65%
Mar 31, 2026 23.65%
Dec 31, 2025 104.63%
Dec 31, 2025 104.63%
Dec 31, 2025 104.63%
Sep 30, 2025 22.78%
Sep 30, 2025 22.78%
Sep 30, 2025 22.78%
Jun 30, 2025 23.24%
Jun 30, 2025 23.24%
Jun 30, 2025 23.24%
Mar 31, 2025 23.82%
Mar 31, 2025 23.82%
Mar 31, 2025 23.82%
Dec 31, 2024 21.55%
Dec 31, 2024 21.55%
Dec 31, 2024 21.55%
Sep 30, 2024 21.30%
Sep 30, 2024 21.30%