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

Colgate Palmolive (CL) recorded quarterly Total Debt of $7.9 billion in Q1 2026, up 15.51% quarter-over-quarter from $6.9 billion in Q4 2025, and down 4.01% on a YoY basis from $8.3 billion in Q1 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.

  • In Q1 2026, Total Debt fell 4.01% year-over-year to $7.9 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $7.9 billion (down 4.01% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $6.9 billion, down 13.56% from the prior year.
  • Total Debt was $7.9 billion for Q1 2026 at Colgate Palmolive, up from $6.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Total Debt ranged from a high of $9.0 billion in Q2 2023 to a low of $6.9 billion in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Total Debt has averaged $8.1 billion across 5 years, with a median of $8.2 billion in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Total Debt increased 21.5% in 2022, then slipped 13.56% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Total Debt shows it 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.
  • The last three Total Debt figures came in at $7.9 billion (Q1 2026), $6.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $7.3 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Total Debt (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - 40,823.00
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 37.03 Bn
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - 32.92 Bn
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 7.94 Bn
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 8.66 Bn
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 7.08 Bn
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 6.81 Bn
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 2.40 Bn
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 2.49 Bn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 Bn 326.45 Mn 835.58 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