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COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO CL

Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations · CIK 0000021665 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$20.38B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$3.31B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
Unavailable
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL) reported revenue of $20.38B and net income of $2.13B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations.

Income

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Revenue$20.38B$20.10B$19.46B$17.97B$17.42B$16.47B$15.69B$15.54B$15.45B$15.20B
Cost of revenue$8.13B$7.94B$8.13B$7.72B$7.05B$6.45B$6.37B$6.31B$6.17B$6.07B
Gross profit$12.25B$12.16B$11.33B$10.25B$10.38B$10.02B$9.32B$9.23B$9.28B$9.12B
Operating income$3.31B$4.27B$3.98B$2.89B$3.33B$3.88B$3.55B$3.69B$3.71B$3.96B
Net income$2.13B$2.89B$2.30B$1.78B$2.17B$2.70B$2.37B$2.40B$2.02B$2.44B
Research & development$366.00M$355.00M$343.00M$320.00M$307.00M$290.00M$281.00M$277.00M$285.00M$289.00M
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 811.10Mshares 823.20Mshares 829.20Mshares 838.80Mshares 848.30Mshares 859.30Mshares 861.10Mshares 873.00Mshares 887.80Mshares 898.40M
Pretax income$3.06B$3.96B$3.39B$2.66B$3.09B$3.65B$3.30B$3.46B$3.49B$3.74B
Income tax expense$798.00M$907.00M$937.00M$693.00M$749.00M$787.00M$774.00M$906.00M$1.31B$1.15B
Diluted EPS$2.63$3.51$2.77$2.13$2.55$3.14$2.75$2.75$2.28$2.72
Selling, general & administrative$7.90B$7.73B$7.15B$6.56B$6.41B$6.02B$5.58B$5.39B$5.40B$5.14B
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$1.29B$1.10B$966.00M$775.00M$832.00M$888.00M$883.00M$726.00M$1.54B$1.32B
Total assets$16.33B$16.05B$16.39B$15.73B$15.04B$15.92B$15.03B$12.16B$12.68B$12.12B
Current assets$5.71B$5.32B$5.28B$5.11B$4.40B$4.34B$4.18B$3.79B$4.64B$4.34B
Total liabilities$15.96B$15.50B$15.44B$14.92B$14.07B$14.82B$14.48B$11.96B$12.43B$12.11B
Current liabilities$6.85B$5.76B$4.74B$4.00B$4.05B$4.40B$4.04B$3.34B$3.41B$3.30B
Total equity incl. NCI$365.00M$544.00M$957.00M$806.00M$971.00M$1.10B$558.00M$197.00M$243.00M$17.00M
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$2.03B$1.99B$1.93B$2.07B$1.69B$1.67B$1.40B$1.25B$1.22B$1.17B
Accounts receivable$1.68B$1.52B$1.59B$1.50B$1.30B$1.26B$1.44B$1.40B$1.48B$1.41B
Goodwill$3.12B$3.27B$3.41B$3.35B$3.28B$3.82B$3.51B$2.53B$2.22B$2.11B
Long-term debt$6.87B$7.29B$8.22B$8.74B$7.19B$7.33B$7.33B$6.35B$6.57B$6.52B
Accounts payable$2.09B$1.80B$1.70B$1.55B$1.48B$1.39B$1.24B$1.22B$1.21B$1.12B

Cash flow

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating cash flow$4.20B$4.11B$3.74B$2.56B$3.32B$3.72B$3.13B$3.06B$3.05B$3.14B
Capital expendituresUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$696.00M$567.00M$409.00M$335.00M$436.00M$553.00M$593.00M
Investing cash flow-$817.00M-$534.00M-$742.00M-$1.60B-$592.00M-$779.00M-$2.10B-$1.17B-$471.00M-$499.00M
Financing cash flow-$3.26B-$3.39B-$2.79B-$952.00M-$2.77B-$2.92B-$870.00M-$2.68B-$2.45B-$2.23B
Net change in cash$192.00M$130.00M$191.00M-$57.00M-$56.00M$5.00M$157.00M-$809.00M$220.00M$345.00M
Stock-based compensation$155.00M$135.00M$122.00M$125.00M$135.00M$107.00M$100.00M$109.00M$127.00M$123.00M
Common dividends paid$1.82B$1.79B$1.75B$1.69B$1.68B$1.65B$1.61B$1.59B$1.53B$1.51B
Common share repurchases$1.21B$1.74B$1.13B$1.31B$1.32B$1.48B$1.20B$1.24B$1.40B$1.34B
Depreciation & amortization$630.00M$605.00M$567.00M$545.00M$556.00M$539.00M$519.00M$511.00M$475.00M$443.00M

Derived

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Free cash flowUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$3.31B$2.80B$2.62B$2.50B$2.55B
Gross margin60.1%60.5%58.2%57.0%59.6%60.8%59.4%59.4%60.0%60.0%
Operating margin16.2%21.2%20.5%16.1%19.1%23.6%22.6%23.8%24.0%26.0%
FCF marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable20.1%17.8%16.9%16.2%16.8%
SBC / revenue0.8%0.7%0.6%0.7%0.8%0.6%0.6%0.7%0.8%0.8%
Current ratio0.83x0.92x1.11x1.28x1.09x0.99x1.03x1.14x1.36x1.31x
Revenue YoY growth1.4%3.3%8.3%3.1%5.8%5.0%1.0%0.6%1.7%Unavailable
Net margin10.5%14.4%11.8%9.9%12.4%16.4%15.1%15.4%13.1%16.1%
R&D / revenue1.8%1.8%1.8%1.8%1.8%1.8%1.8%1.8%1.8%1.9%
CapEx / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable2.5%2.1%2.8%3.6%3.9%
Long-term debt / equity18.82x13.40x8.59x10.84x7.41x6.66x13.14x32.25x27.02x383.53x
Effective tax rate26.1%22.9%27.6%26.1%24.3%21.6%23.4%26.2%37.7%30.8%

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Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-07-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-01View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-23View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-01View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-04-25View SEC filing

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