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

Colgate Palmolive (CL) recorded quarterly Tax Rate of 23.65% in Q1 2026, down 77.39% quarter-over-quarter from 104.63% in Q4 2025, and down 16.0% on a YoY basis from 28.16% in Q1 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.

  • In Q1 2026, Tax Rate fell 16.0% year-over-year to 23.65%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 26.14% (up 346.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 26.09%, up 316.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate was 23.65% for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, down from 104.63% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 104.63% in Q4 2025 to a low of 21.3% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 31.75% across 5 years, with a median of 23.82% in 2025.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Tax Rate slumped 4435 bps in 2023, then surged 8308 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 67.42% in 2022, then sank 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 tumbled by 77 bps to 23.65% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 23.65% (Q1 2026), 104.63% (Q4 2025), and 22.78% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 611.49 Bn 611.46 Bn - -
2 Procter & Gamble 338.86 Bn 326.78 Bn 10.51 Bn 20.83%
3 Unilever 142.58 Bn 132.10 Bn - -
4 Colgate Palmolive 69.08 Bn 68.08 Bn 3.23 Bn 23.65%
5 Kenvue 33.68 Bn 33.57 Bn 2.30 Bn 29.46%
6 Kimberly Clark 32.46 Bn 32.04 Bn 1.53 Bn 23.94%
7 Estee Lauder Companies 30.67 Bn 27.54 Bn 2.84 Bn 50.28%
8 Church & Dwight 22.55 Bn 22.05 Bn 681.40 Mn 20.65%
9 Clorox 11.54 Bn 10.51 Bn 722.00 Mn 25.39%
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.05 Bn 2.76 Bn 326.45 Mn 18.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 23.65%
Mar 31, 2026 23.65%
Dec 31, 2025 104.63%
Dec 31, 2025 104.63%
Sep 30, 2025 22.78%
Sep 30, 2025 22.78%
Jun 30, 2025 23.24%
Jun 30, 2025 23.24%
Mar 31, 2025 23.82%
Mar 31, 2025 23.82%
Dec 31, 2024 21.55%
Dec 31, 2024 21.55%
Sep 30, 2024 21.30%
Sep 30, 2024 21.30%
Jun 30, 2024 24.06%
Jun 30, 2024 24.06%
Mar 31, 2024 24.61%
Mar 31, 2024 24.61%
Dec 31, 2023 23.08%
Dec 31, 2023 23.08%