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Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive's revenue rose 1.4% in FY2025, to $20.4B, and net income fell 26.2% to $2.1B
Revenue rose 1.4% to $20.4B in FY2025, from $20.1B in FY2024. Net income fell 26.2% to $2.1B. Oral, Personal and Home Care was the largest segment, at 77% of revenue.
Key facts
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) closed fiscal 2025 on Dec 31, 2025 with revenue of $20.4B, up 1.4% from a year before; net income came to $2.1B, down 26.2%. Its newest quarterly report covers the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue of $5.4B, up 4.6% on the same stretch of the prior year, and net income of $751M. Broken down by segment, Oral, Personal and Home Care led with 77% of fiscal 2025 revenue. Sources: 10-K for fiscal 2025 (filed Feb 23, 2026) and 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 (filed Oct 30, 2026).
Source: 10-K FY2025, filed Feb 23, 2026
Source: 10-Q filed May 1, 2026 · 10-Q filed Jul 31, 2026 · 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026
How it makes money
By segment, FY2025
Source: 10-K FY2025, XBRL breakdown
By segment in FY2025: Oral, Personal and Home Care (77%) and Pet Nutrition (23%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $20.4B.
Source: 10-K FY2025
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What changed last quarter
Comparing Q3 2026 (Jul to Sep 2026) compared with Q3 2025 (Jul to Sep 2025)
Each pair of bars shows the dollar amount for both quarters. Longer bar, more money. Bars in a group share one scale.
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Company
Source: Colgate-Palmolive 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026
By segment
Source: Colgate-Palmolive 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026
The bull case and the bear case
The bull case
- Revenue rose 1.4% in FY2025 to $20.4B, from $20.1B a year earlier. 10-K, FY2025
- Operating cash flow rose 2.2% in FY2025 to $4.2B. 10-K, FY2025
- Diluted shares fell 1.5% in FY2025, so each share represents a larger slice of profit. 10-K, FY2025
- Revenue in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026 was $5.4B, up 4.6% on a year earlier. 10-Q, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
The bear case
- Net income fell 26.2% in FY2025 to $2.1B, from $2.9B. 10-K, FY2025
- The company's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K. Risks common in this industry include costs; consumer habits; retail customers. 10-K, Item 1A
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What the company does
Colgate-Palmolive is in the household products industry, part of the consumer staples sector. The SEC files it under Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations.
Colgate-Palmolive reports 2 segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care and Pet Nutrition.
Its fiscal year ends in December; the latest, FY2025, ended Dec 31, 2025.
Source: 10-K, Item 1 Business
Risks common in this industry
These are general risks for companies in the household products industry. They are not a summary of Colgate-Palmolive’s own risk factors; for those, read Item 1A of its latest 10-K, linked below.
- CostsCommodity, packaging and freight costs can rise faster than prices.
- Consumer habitsShoppers can trade down to store brands or change what they buy.
- Retail customersA few large retailers account for much of its sales.
- Regulation and safetyFood and product safety rules and recalls can bring cost and reputational harm.
- CompetitionRivals and private-label products compete for shelf space and prices.
Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors (the company's own list, in the company's words)
Three years of key numbers
Every number links to its filing; hover for the XBRL tag. A dash means the number isn't cleanly available, and we don't estimate it.
| US$ | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.5B | $20.1B | $20.4B |
| Net income | $2.3B | $2.9B | $2.1B |
| Operating cash flow | $3.7B | $4.1B | $4.2B |
| Cash & equivalents (year end) | $966M | $1.1B | $1.3B |
| Total debt (year end) | $8.2B | $7.9B | $8.0B |
| Diluted shares | 829M | 823M | 811M |
- Revenue: Total revenue for the fiscal year, as the company reports it on its income statement.
- Net income: Net income attributable to the company's shareholders, after all costs, interest and taxes.
- Operating cash flow: Cash the business brought in from its day-to-day operations during the year (cash flow statement).
- Cash & equivalents: Cash and short-term investments that count as cash equivalents on the balance sheet. Excludes longer-dated marketable securities.
- Total debt: The current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value.
- Diluted shares: Weighted average shares outstanding for the year, including the effect of options and stock awards.
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Explainers for this page
- Segment reporting
- Net debt and net cash
- Debt-to-equity ratio
- The cash flow statement
- Risk factors (Item 1A)
- Quick ratio (acid-test ratio)
- Cybersecurity disclosures (Item 1C)
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About these numbers
Recent filings
| Form | Filed | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | Oct 30, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | Jul 31, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| 10-Q | May 1, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| DEF 14A | Mar 25, 2026 | May 8, 2026 |
| 10-K | Feb 23, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
Learn more: 10-K vs. 10-Q vs. 8-K · Form 4 insider filings · Fiscal years and quarters
Common questions about Colgate-Palmolive
How does Colgate-Palmolive make money?
Fiscal 2025 revenue: $20.4B. By segment in FY2025: Oral, Personal and Home Care (77%) and Pet Nutrition (23%), as shares of total revenue. Total revenue was $20.4B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 23, 2026.
What was Colgate-Palmolive's revenue in fiscal 2025?
$20.4B, up 1.4% from fiscal 2024 ($20.1B). The year ended Dec 31, 2025; for fiscal 2023 the figure was $19.5B. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 23, 2026.
Is Colgate-Palmolive profitable?
Net income was $2.1B in fiscal 2025 (down 26.2%; fiscal 2024 was $2.9B). That counts as a GAAP profit. The latest quarter, ended Sep 30, 2026: net income was $751M. The page's About these numbers section explains what is included. Source: 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 23, 2026.
What did Colgate-Palmolive report in its latest quarterly filing?
For the three months to Sep 30, 2026: revenue $5.4B (up 4.6% from $5.1B) and net income $751M (up 2.2% from $735M). Source: 10-Q for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2026, filed Oct 30, 2026.
How much cash and debt does Colgate-Palmolive have?
As of Sep 30, 2026: $1.5B of cash and cash equivalents, $7.2B of total debt. Total debt here is the current part of long-term debt plus long-term debt, at carrying value. Source: 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026.
What are the main risks Colgate-Palmolive faces?
Colgate-Palmolive's own risk factors are in Item 1A of its 10-K for fiscal 2025, filed Feb 23, 2026. Risks that are common among companies in the household products industry include Costs; consumer habits; retail customers; regulation and safety; competition. The first: Commodity, packaging and freight costs can rise faster than prices. Source: 10-K, Item 1A Risk Factors.
Where do these Colgate-Palmolive numbers come from?
The 10-K filed Feb 23, 2026 (fiscal 2025) and the 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), as published in the SEC's XBRL data. Click any number to open the filing it came from. Methodology explains how fiscal years and missing numbers are handled.
Tracked funds that report owning Colgate-Palmolive
- Citadel Advisors: 4,583,987 shares, reported value $420.3M at Jun 30, 2026 (+44.0% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Sep 2, 2026.
- Millennium Management: 1,276,446 shares, reported value $117.0M at Jun 30, 2026 (+72.2% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Renaissance Technologies: 881,933 shares, reported value $80.9M at Jun 30, 2026 (−61.2% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 13, 2026.
- Bridgewater Associates: 77,094 shares, reported value $7.1M at Jun 30, 2026 (−8.8% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Point72 Asset Management: 70,055 shares, reported value $6.4M at Jun 30, 2026 (new in this filing). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
- Two Sigma Investments: 61,200 shares, reported value $5.6M at Jun 30, 2026 (+1,202.1% in shares since the filing for Mar 31, 2026). Form 13F filed Aug 14, 2026.
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Disclosures
- Editor holdings in CL
- The editor holds no position in Colgate-Palmolive (CL). As of Nov 11, 2026.
- Trading rule
- The editor does not buy or sell CL from 3 days before to 3 days after this page is published or substantively updated.
- Compensation
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- Sources
- The company's SEC filings, linked next to each number or, for charts, in the source line under them.
- Last updated
- Nov 2, 2026
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Compare with peers
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate-PalmoliveCL | FY2025 | $20.4B | +1.4% | $2.1B |
| Kimberly-ClarkKMB | FY2025 | $16.4B | −2.1% | $2.0B |
| Church & DwightCHD | FY2025 | $6.2B | +1.6% | $737M |
Each row is that company’s latest fiscal year from its own 10-K, using its own revenue and net income lines. Fiscal years end in different months, and line definitions differ (banks, insurers and oil companies count revenue differently), so this is a rough side-by-side, not a like-for-like comparison.
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