COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 60.1 % and a net margin of 10.5 %.
COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO (CL) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 60.1 % and a net margin of 10.5 %. The same year shows an EBITDA margin of 19.3 % and an EBIT margin of 16.2 %. The free cash flow margin was 17.8 %. Against the previous year the gross margin moved −0.4 pp and the net margin −3.9 pp. Across the period the gross margin ranges between 56.2 % in 2007 and 60.8 % in 2020. The series covers 19 fiscal years, from 2007 to 2025. Margins are expressed as a percentage of net revenue and are derived from the same figures as the income statement, taken from as-reported SEC EDGAR filings, with no restatements or adjustments of our own.
Fiscal year end: December
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin (%) | 56.18 % | 56.27 % | 58.77 % | 59.14 % | 57.31 % | 58.13 % | 58.56 % | 58.51 % | 58.62 % | 60.04 % | 60.05 % | 59.39 % | 59.42 % | 60.82 % | 59.55 % | 57.04 % | 58.21 % | 60.50 % | 60.11 % |
| EBITDA margin (%) | 22.15 % | 22.50 % | 25.88 % | 24.83 % | 25.47 % | 25.25 % | 22.93 % | 23.15 % | 20.19 % | 28.94 % | 27.06 % | 27.05 % | 25.95 % | 26.86 % | 22.32 % | 19.14 % | 23.39 % | 24.24 % | 19.31 % |
| EBIT margin (%) | 19.72 % | 20.23 % | 23.59 % | 22.42 % | 22.95 % | 22.76 % | 20.41 % | 20.59 % | 17.39 % | 26.03 % | 23.99 % | 23.76 % | 22.65 % | 23.59 % | 19.13 % | 16.10 % | 20.48 % | 21.23 % | 16.22 % |
| Net margin (%) | 12.60 % | 12.77 % | 14.95 % | 14.15 % | 14.53 % | 14.47 % | 12.86 % | 12.62 % | 8.63 % | 16.06 % | 13.10 % | 15.44 % | 15.08 % | 16.36 % | 12.43 % | 9.93 % | 11.82 % | 14.37 % | 10.46 % |
| FCF margin (%) | 12.10 % | 10.55 % | 17.63 % | 17.10 % | 14.10 % | 15.40 % | 14.55 % | 14.71 % | 14.08 % | 16.77 % | 16.18 % | 16.86 % | 17.83 % | 20.10 % | 15.83 % | 10.35 % | 15.62 % | 17.64 % | 17.83 % |
