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Operating Margin for Colgate-Palmolive (CL)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

21.2%

YoY change

−0.47pp

Trough year (1991)

4.6%

Peak year (2016)

26.1%

Operating Margin history chart for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: 21.3%

Operating Margin change chart for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: −0.47pp

Operating Margin history table for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) from 1985 to 2025

  • 202521.3%-0.47pp
  • 202421.8%+0.57pp
  • 202321.2%+1.28pp
  • 202220.0%-2.35pp
  • 202122.3%-1.44pp
  • 202023.7%-0.23pp
  • 201924.0%-0.80pp
  • 201824.8%-1.17pp
  • 201725.9%-0.12pp
  • 201626.1%+1.30pp
  • 201524.8%+0.54pp
  • 201424.2%+0.51pp
  • 201323.7%+0.27pp
  • 201223.4%+0.34pp
  • 201123.1%-1.08pp
  • 201024.2%-0.23pp
  • 200924.4%+2.72pp
  • 200821.7%+0.39pp
  • 200721.3%+0.28pp
  • 200621.0%+0.22pp
  • 200520.8%+0.00pp
  • 200420.8%-1.07pp
  • 200321.9%+0.21pp
  • 200221.7%+1.92pp
  • 200119.7%+1.36pp
  • 200018.4%+0.40pp
  • 199918.0%+1.44pp
  • 199816.5%+1.55pp
  • 199715.0%+0.76pp
  • 199614.2%+0.77pp
  • 199513.5%-0.36pp
  • 199413.8%+0.47pp
  • 199313.4%+1.97pp
  • 199211.4%+6.75pp
  • 19914.6%-5.10pp
  • 19909.7%+1.11pp
  • 19898.6%+0.96pp
  • 19887.7%+0.88pp
  • 19876.8%+0.13pp
  • 19866.7%+0.55pp
  • 19856.1%—

Operating Margin values are taken from Colgate-Palmolive's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About Operating Margin at Colgate-Palmolive (CL)

According to Colgate-Palmolive's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 21.2%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

2025's annual operating margin for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) came in at 21.33% – contracted 0.5 percentage points year-over-year.

Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 26.06% in 2016 and its low of 4.65% in 1991.

Colgate-Palmolive Operating Margin by Year

Colgate-Palmolive Operating Margin 2025: 21.3%

Colgate-Palmolive posted operating margin of 21.33% in 2025, contracted 0.5 percentage points from 2024.

Colgate-Palmolive Operating Margin 2024: 21.8%

In 2024, Colgate-Palmolive reported operating margin of 21.80%, expanded 0.6 percentage points from 2023.

Colgate-Palmolive Operating Margin 2023: 21.2%

Colgate-Palmolive operating margin in 2023 was 21.23%, expanded 1.3 percentage points from 2022.

Colgate-Palmolive Operating Margin 2022: 20.0%

2022's operating margin for Colgate-Palmolive came in at 19.95%, contracted 2.4 percentage points from 2021.

Colgate-Palmolive Operating Margin 2021: 22.3%

Colgate-Palmolive operating margin in 2021 was 22.31%.

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