Colgate Palmolive Co. CL
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What this company does
Written from the business description in COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 23 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Growth
Revenue compounded at +4.4% a year over the five years to FY2025.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Profitability
Return on equity has no reading this year — return on capital employed, just below, still does: 33%.
The 19-year record
EPS, diluted, dividend per share and shares outstanding are shown without shading, and a vertical line marks the year the share count changed — the series crosses a large, unexplained change in share count, so the years on either side are not on a comparable scale.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 20.4 | 20.1 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 13.8 |
| Operating income $B | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| EBITDA $B | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| Income tax $B | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| Net income $B | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| Free cash flow $B | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 2.63 | 3.51 | 2.77 | 2.13 | 2.55 | 3.14 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 2.28 | 2.72 | 1.52 | 2.36 | 2.38 | 2.57 | 2.47 | 4.31 | 4.37 | 3.66 | 3.20 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 2.08 | 2.48 | 1.91 | 1.86 | 1.79 | 1.75 | 1.71 | 1.66 | 1.59 | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ | ◌ |
| Payout % — not applicable: no dividend | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ROE % | — | 703.8 | 455.4 | 353.5 | 320.4 | 626.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 126.4 | 99.7 | 108.3 | 96.3 | 76.1 | 90.9 | 101.8 | ◌ |
| Shares out B | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.51 |
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This company against its peers
Company facts, as filed
Reconciled in 19 of the 19 fiscal years we could check. Two checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2008. One check was skipped: the share count is not tagged before 2008.