Colgate Palmolive (CL) Total Debt (2009 - 2026)

Colgate Palmolive's (CL) quarterly Total Debt came in at $7.9 billion in Q1 2026, down 4.01% year-on-year from $8.3 billion in Q1 2025, and up 15.51% quarter-over-quarter from $6.9 billion in Q4 2025.

Colgate Palmolive (CL) Total Debt (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Colgate Palmolive's Total Debt history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $7.9 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Total Debt fell 4.01% year-over-year to $7.9 billion in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $7.9 billion, a 4.01% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $6.9 billion, down 13.56% from the prior year.
  • Total Debt climbed to $7.9 billion in Q1 2026 per CL's latest filing, from $6.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Total Debt topped out at $9.0 billion in Q2 2023 and bottomed at $6.9 billion in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Total Debt is $8.2 billion (2024), against an average of $8.1 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Total Debt gained 21.5% in 2022 and declined 13.56% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Total Debt stood at $8.8 billion in 2022, then dropped by 5.89% to $8.2 billion in 2023, then declined by 3.52% to $7.9 billion in 2024, then slipped by 13.56% to $6.9 billion in 2025, then grew by 15.51% to $7.9 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CL Total Debt figures stand at $7.9 billion (Q1 2026), $6.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $7.3 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Total Debt (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 341.94 Bn 329.86 Bn 10.51 Bn 37.03 Bn
2 Unilever 131.50 Bn 123.41 Bn - 32.92 Bn
3 Colgate Palmolive 72.27 Bn 71.28 Bn 3.23 Bn 7.94 Bn
4 Kenvue 36.23 Bn 36.12 Bn 2.30 Bn 8.66 Bn
5 Kimberly Clark 35.62 Bn 35.19 Bn 1.53 Bn 7.08 Bn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 28.99 Bn 25.86 Bn 2.84 Bn 7.31 Bn
7 Church & Dwight 22.75 Bn 22.25 Bn 681.40 Mn 2.40 Bn
8 Clorox 12.26 Bn 11.23 Bn 722.00 Mn 2.49 Bn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.15 Bn 6.00 Bn 153.20 Mn 3.00 Mn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.43 Bn 4.14 Bn 326.45 Mn 835.55 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 7.94 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 6.87 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 7.31 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 7.14 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 8.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 7.95 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 7.93 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 8.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 8.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 8.24 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 8.71 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 8.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 8.89 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 8.76 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 8.23 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 7.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 7.60 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 7.21 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 7.69 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 7.96 Bn