Historical annual and monthly returns for Colgate-Palmolive (CL).
For Colgate-Palmolive (CL), the strongest completed calendar year was 2013, when the stock returned 27.6%, while its weakest was 2018, with a return of -19.2%. Across the 26 completed calendar years from 2000 through 2025, its average annual return was 6.5% and its compounded annual return was 5.7%. CL posted positive returns in 18 of those 26 years (69%). In 2025, the latest completed year, it returned -11.0%. In 2026 year to date, CL has returned 10.9%.
Returns are calculated from the adjusted daily closing prices for Colgate-Palmolive (CL). Annual returns measure the percentage change between the final available trading prices of consecutive calendar years. Monthly returns use the corresponding month-end observations. Adjusted prices account for stock splits and distributions when supplied by the market-data provider. Results are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.