Colgate-Palmolive Co (Colgate-Palmolive Co) Debt-to-Equity

Colgate-Palmolive Co Annual Data
	Trend	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity							72.50	11.06	12.86	23.12	14.88

Colgate-Palmolive Co Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																23.12	-1,484.50	-140.45	-969.33	14.88

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Colgate-Palmolive Co's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Colgate-Palmolive Co's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Colgate-Palmolive Co's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Colgate-Palmolive Co Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Colgate-Palmolive Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Colgate-Palmolive Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Colgate-Palmolive Co  (NYSE:CL) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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