Colgate-Palmolive Financial Ratios
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Colgate-Palmolive ratio analysis
Colgate-Palmolive earned a net margin of 10.5% in FY 2025, down from 14.4% a year earlier. Gross margin was 60.1% compared with a median of 59.6% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 3948.1%, meaning Colgate-Palmolive generated 39.48 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity, an unusually high figure that often reflects a small equity base after share buybacks.
Debt-to-equity stood at 147.89 versus 37.46 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.83. At the end of FY 2025, CL traded at 29.5 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 21.6 to 37.0, with a median of 28.0. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Colgate-Palmolive financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 29.54 | 25.68 | 28.78 | 36.99 | 33.47 | 27.23 | 24.73 | 21.64 | 33.09 | 24.06 |
| Price / sales | 3.08 | 3.67 | 3.39 | 3.67 | 4.14 | 4.45 | 3.72 | 3.33 | 4.31 | 3.84 |
| Price / book | 1,163.48 | 348.31 | 108.30 | 164.34 | 118.41 | 98.61 | 499.45 | — | — | — |
| Gross margin | 60.1% | 60.5% | 58.2% | 57.0% | 59.6% | 60.8% | 59.4% | 59.4% | 60.0% | 60.0% |
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 21.2% | 20.5% | 16.1% | 19.1% | 23.6% | 22.6% | 23.8% | 24.0% | 26.0% |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 14.4% | 11.8% | 9.9% | 12.4% | 16.4% | 15.1% | 15.4% | 13.1% | 16.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 17.8% | 17.6% | 15.6% | 10.4% | 15.8% | 20.1% | 17.8% | 16.9% | 16.2% | 16.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 3,948.1% | 1,362.7% | 377.7% | 445.1% | 355.7% | 362.7% | 2,023.1% | — | — | — |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 13.1% | 18.0% | 14.0% | 11.3% | 14.4% | 16.9% | 15.7% | 19.7% | 16.0% | 20.1% |
| Debt / equity | 147.89 | 37.46 | 13.53 | 21.83 | 11.83 | 9.88 | 64.85 | — | — | — |
| Current ratio | 0.83 | 0.92 | 1.11 | 1.28 | 1.09 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 1.14 | 1.36 | 1.31 |
| Revenue growth | 1.4% | 3.3% | 8.3% | 3.1% | 5.8% | 5.0% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.7% | -5.2% |
| EPS growth | -25.1% | 26.7% | 30.0% | -16.5% | -18.8% | 14.2% | 0.0% | 20.6% | -16.2% | 78.9% |