What are Colgate-Palmolive's profit margins?

Colgate-Palmolive (CL) runs a 60.1% gross margin and a 15.4% operating margin, with a 10.2% net margin.

Where do Colgate-Palmolive's ratios come from?

Every ratio is computed from Colgate-Palmolive's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.

Colgate-Palmolive CL Ratios & Valuation

Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Ratios Segments

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	Q1 '26	Q4 '25	Q3 '25	Q2 '25	Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin	60.1%0.0pp	60.1%0.0pp	60.1%-0.4pp	60.6%-0.1pp	60.7%+0.2pp
Operating margin	15.4%-0.9pp	16.2%-5.1pp	21.3%-0.1pp	21.4%-0.1pp	21.5%+0.3pp
Net margin	10.2%-0.4pp	10.6%-3.8pp	14.5%-0.1pp	14.5%0.0pp	14.5%+0.1pp
EBITDA margin	18.4%-0.9pp	19.3%-5.0pp	24.3%-0.1pp	24.4%-0.2pp	24.6%+0.3pp
Free cash flow margin	18.1%+0.3pp	17.8%+0.7pp	17.1%+0.3pp	16.9%-0.5pp	17.4%-0.3pp
Returns
Return on equity	836.2%-794pp	1,630.1%+1,180pp	450.3%-255pp	705.2%-272pp	977.1%+273pp
Return on assets	12.8%-0.6pp	13.4%-3.6pp	17%-0.2pp	17.1%-0.3pp	17.4%-0.4pp
Return on invested capital	33%+0.3pp	32.7%-9.6pp	42.3%+0.5pp	41.7%-1.6pp	43.3%+3.0pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover	1.3×0.0×	1.3×+0.1×	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×	1.2×0.0×
Inventory turnover	71.9×+5.8×	66.1×-8.4×	74.5×+10.4×	64.1×+6.5×	57.6×-5.9×
Liquidity
Current ratio	1×+0.2×	0.8×-0.1×	0.9×0.0×	0.9×0.0×	0.8×-0.1×
Quick ratio	1×+0.2×	0.8×-0.1×	0.9×0.0×	0.9×0.0×	0.8×-0.1×
Cash ratio	0.2×0.0×	0.2×0.0×	0.2×0.0×	0.2×0.0×	0.2×0.0×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity	55×-103×	158.4×+149×	9.8×-2.6×	12.5×-10.3×	22.8×-17.4×
Debt-to-assets	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×	0.5×0.0×
Net debt / EBITDA	1.7×-0.1×	1.8×+0.4×	1.5×-0.1×	1.5×+0.1×	1.5×-0.1×
Interest coverage	12.1×-0.2×	12.3×-3.5×	15.8×+0.4×	15.5×+0.3×	15.1×+0.5×
Valuation
Market capitalization	$68.38B+7.4%	$63.7B-1.4%	$64.61B-9.6%	$71.46B-6.0%	$76B+2.3%
Enterprise value	$75.02B+5.7%	$70.96B-1.1%	$71.75B-9.2%	$79.01B-5.0%	$83.16B+1.8%
Price / earnings	32.2×+2.8×	29.4×+7.2×	22.2×-2.3×	24.6×-1.7×	26.2×+0.5×
Price / sales	3.3×+0.2×	3.1×-0.1×	3.2×-0.4×	3.6×-0.2×	3.8×+0.1×
Price / book	471.6×-708×	1,179.5×+1,104×	75.5×-26.3×	101.8×-108×	209.4×-141×
EV / EBITDA	19.6×+1.5×	18×+3.3×	14.7×-1.5×	16.2×-0.8×	17×+0.2×
EV / sales	3.6×+0.1×	3.5×-0.1×	3.6×-0.4×	4×-0.2×	4.2×+0.1×
Free cash flow yield	5.5%-0.2pp	5.7%+0.4pp	5.3%+0.6pp	4.7%+0.2pp	4.6%-0.2pp
Earnings yield	3.1%-0.3pp	3.4%-1.1pp	4.5%+0.4pp	4.1%+0.3pp	3.8%-0.1pp

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What are Colgate-Palmolive's profit margins?: Colgate-Palmolive (CL) runs a 60.1% gross margin and a 15.4% operating margin, with a 10.2% net margin.
Where do Colgate-Palmolive's ratios come from?: Every ratio is computed from Colgate-Palmolive's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.