All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
CL real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CL returned −4.67% over the past year and +9.01% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 2, 1973, CL is up +2,573.44% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.38%/yr, and is currently −20.80% below its real total-return high on Sep. 4, 2024.
| Wed 1973-05-02💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL × |
+9.01%
2026-06-09 |
−4.67%
2026-06-09 |
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| Colgate-Palmolive Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Wed 1973-05-02💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL × |
+2,573.44%
+6.38%/yr |
+9.90%/yr
(R2=0.922) |
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| Colgate-Palmolive Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Wed 1973-05-02💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL × |
$10,000.00
1973-05-02 |
$267,343.77
2026-06-09 |
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| Colgate-Palmolive Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | CL |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +9.01% |
| 2025 | −13.30% |
| 2024 | +13.30% |
| 2023 | +0.42% |
| 2022 | −11.18% |
| 2021 | −4.63% |
| 2020 | +25.46% |
| 2019 | +15.95% |
| 2018 | −20.70% |
| 2017 | +15.44% |
| 2016 | −1.60% |
| 2015 | −2.28% |
| 2014 | +7.59% |
| 2013 | +25.72% |
| 2012 | +13.96% |
| 2011 | +14.67% |
| 2010 | −1.15% |
| 2009 | +19.66% |
| 2008 | −10.19% |
| 2007 | +17.17% |
| 2006 | +18.55% |
| 2005 | +5.92% |
| 2004 | +0.86% |
| 2003 | −4.77% |
| 2002 | −10.12% |
| 2001 | −10.83% |
| 2000 | −2.86% |
| 1999 | +38.44% |
| 1998 | +26.00% |
| 1997 | +59.43% |
| 1996 | +30.14% |
| 1995 | +11.03% |
| 1994 | +1.65% |
| 1993 | +11.53% |
| 1992 | +13.36% |
| 1991 | +31.94% |
| 1990 | +12.61% |
| 1989 | +32.98% |
| 1988 | +18.77% |
| 1987 | −5.02% |
| 1986 | +28.14% |
| 1985 | +33.19% |
| 1984 | +17.53% |
| 1983 | +11.60% |
| 1982 | +20.41% |
| 1981 | +12.96% |
| 1980 | −2.35% |
| 1979 | −18.72% |
| 1978 | −25.89% |
| 1977 | −23.40% |
| 1976 | −6.02% |
| 1975 | +14.23% |
| 1974 | −11.54% |
| 1973 | −26.02% |
| Wed 1973-05-02💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL × |
−20.80%
from 2024-09-04 peak |
−76.84%
1980-03-24 from 1973-07-31 peak |
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| Colgate-Palmolive Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Tue 2026-06-09 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL × | −4.67% |
−8.00% −4.08%/yr |
+13.14% +4.20%/yr |
−3.32% −0.67%/yr |
+10.47% +1.00%/yr |
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| Colgate-Palmolive Company NYSE Common Stock | ||||||