COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
CL on NYSE
Location
New York, NY
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
23 Feb 2026

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CL - COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Equity 497%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Quick Takeaways

  • CL - COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 497%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+128%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-31) highlights Return On Equity 497.5%, Return On Assets 16.4%, and Operating Margin 20.4%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

58.9/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Equity

497%

Metric score 100.0/100

Return On Assets

16%

Metric score 100.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.83x
Quick Ratio
0.45x
Debt to Equity
23.44x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Operating Margin

Watchpoints

Debt-to-equity, Revenues YoY, and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

497%

YoY: +128%

Industry median: 12% (n=22)

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Return On Assets

16%

YoY: -26%

Industry median: -8.2% (n=22)

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Operating Margin

20%

YoY: -24%

Industry median: 2.1% (n=16)

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Current Ratio

0.83x

YoY: -9.8%

Industry median: 0.96x (n=23)

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Quick Ratio

0.45x

YoY: -4.9%

Industry median: 0.69x (n=20)

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Debt-to-equity

23.44x

YoY: -48%

Industry median: 0.75x (n=16)

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Revenues YoY

1.4%

YoY:

Industry median: -0.29% (n=16)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-26%

YoY:

Industry median: -38% (n=19)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 497% +128%
Return On Assets 16% -26%
Operating Margin 20% -24%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.83x -9.8%
Quick Ratio 0.45x -4.9%
Debt-to-equity 23.44x -48%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 1.4%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -26%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 801,548,028 -1.2%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 801,239,524 -1.4%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $1,466,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 808,700,000 -1.3%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 811,100,000 -1.5%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $20,382,000,000 +1.4%
Cost of Revenue $8,131,000,000 +2.4%
Operating Income (Loss) $3,306,000,000 -23%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $3,059,000,000 -23%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $798,000,000 -12%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 2.64 -25%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 2.63 -25%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $1,288,000,000 +18%
Marketable Securities, Current $107,000,000 -33%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $1,675,000,000 +10%
Inventory, Net $2,032,000,000 +2.3%
Other Assets, Current $714,000,000 +0.14%
Assets, Current $5,709,000,000 +7.4%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $205,000,000 +5.1%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $4,660,000,000 +5.4%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $531,000,000 +0.38%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $1,536,000,000 -13%
Goodwill $3,122,000,000 -4.6%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $1,098,000,000 +1.3%
Assets $16,330,000,000 +1.8%
Accounts Payable, Current $2,089,000,000 +16%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $420,000,000 -3.9%
Liabilities, Current $6,853,000,000 +19%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $181,000,000 -47%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $448,000,000 -1.8%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $2,060,000,000 -2.4%
Liabilities $15,965,000,000 +3%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $3,879,000,000 +8.1%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $26,595,000,000 +1.7%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $54,000,000 -75%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $365,000,000 -33%
Liabilities and Equity $16,330,000,000 +1.8%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 2,000,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 1,465,706,360 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 1 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $1,288,000,000 +18%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $430,000,000 +31%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $1,430,000,000 +7.4%
Operating Lease, Liability $566,000,000 +0.53%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $2,474,000,000 -5%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $660,000,000 +0.76%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $10,856,000,000 +7.2%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $118,000,000 +10%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $125,000,000 +16%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $140,000,000 +11%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.048 +9.1%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $94,000,000 +2.2%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $100,000,000 -0.99%
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 50,262,150 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $319,000,000 +7.8%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $72,000,000 -10%
Additional Paid in Capital $4,322,000,000 +3.4%
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $630,000,000 +4.1%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $1,000,000,000 -0.4%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY