Colgate-Palmolive CL Interest coverage
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Colgate-Palmolive’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Colgate-Palmolive’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Colgate-Palmolive's interest coverage?
- Colgate-Palmolive (CL) reported interest coverage of 12.1× in Q1 2026.
- How has Colgate-Palmolive's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
- Colgate-Palmolive's interest coverage decreased by 20.0% year-over-year, from 15.1× to 12.1×.
- What is the long-term trend for Colgate-Palmolive's interest coverage?
- Over 2 years (2023 to 2025), Colgate-Palmolive's interest coverage has grown at a 4.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 54.3× to 58.8×.
- What does interest coverage mean?
- How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
- How do you interpret interest coverage?
- Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
- How does interest coverage compare across companies?
- Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.