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Annual report 2025
added 02-23-2026

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Colgate-Palmolive Company Gross Profit 2011-2026 | CL

Gross profit is a key indicator of how efficiently a company produces or sells its products. This metric helps assess a business’s ability to generate revenue at the initial stage, before accounting for all other expenses. Regular analysis of gross profit allows companies to respond in a timely manner to changes in cost of goods, pricing strategy, and market conditions.

Calculation formula:
Gross Profit = Revenue – Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)

Revenue — all cash inflows from the sale of goods or services.
Cost of Goods Sold — direct costs related to the production or acquisition of goods:
  • Raw materials and supplies
  • Wages of production personnel
  • Depreciation of equipment
  • Transportation and warehousing costs (if directly related to production)
Importance for business:
  • Assessing core business profitability
    If gross profit is declining, it may indicate rising production costs or falling sales.
  • Financial planning
    Gross profit is the basis for calculating other key metrics, such as operating and net profit.
  • Benchmarking against competitors
    Gross profit analysis helps compare the efficiency of different companies within the same industry.
  • Insights into pricing effectiveness
    If gross profit is low, the company may be pricing too low or failing to control costs effectively.
Reasons for a decline in gross profit:
  • Increase in raw material and supply costs
  • Rising production expenses
  • Price reductions due to competition
  • Decrease in sales volume
  • Currency exchange rate fluctuations (for imports/exports)

Gross profit is an important metric, but it does not provide a complete picture of a company’s financial health, as it does not account for administrative and selling expenses, taxes, debt burden, or depreciation.

Annual Gross Profit Colgate-Palmolive Company

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
12.3 B 12.2 B 11.3 B 10.2 B 10.4 B 10 B 9.32 B 9.23 B 9.28 B 9.12 B 9.4 B 10.1 B 10.2 B 9.93 B 9.59 B

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum Minimum Average
12.3 B 9.12 B 10.2 B

Quarterly Gross Profit Colgate-Palmolive Company

2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1
3.05 B 3.07 B 2.99 B 3.07 B 3.07 B 3.04 B 2.88 B 2.79 B 2.71 B - 2.55 B 2.55 B 2.57 B - 2.62 B 2.56 B 2.64 B 2.64 B 2.54 B 2.37 B 2.46 B 2.41 B 2.32 B 2.31 B 2.29 B 2.25 B 2.27 B 2.3 B 2.41 B 2.33 B 2.38 B 2.3 B 2.27 B 2.25 B 2.32 B 2.3 B 2.25 B 2.29 B 2.35 B 2.37 B 2.39 B 2.48 B 2.56 B 2.55 B 2.52 B 2.57 B 2.58 B 2.53 B 2.52 B 2.5 B 2.53 B 2.46 B 2.44 B 2.39 B 2.46 B 2.4 B 2.33 B

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum Minimum Average
3.07 B 2.25 B 2.52 B

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