CL Colgate Palmolive dividend history, payout ratio & dates

Last dividend date: Apr 17, 2025

Dividend yield: 2.3%

Payout ratio: 56.9%

Colgate Palmolive's latest dividend was on Apr 17, 2025 (ex-date) with a payout of $0.52 per share. On an annualized basis, the company has a current payout of $2.02 per share. This brings the dividend yield to 2.3% based on its recent close price. The latest dividend has increased by $0.02, or 4% from the prior distribution.

CL has a dividend yield of 2.3% which is below the Consumer Defensive sector, the industry and its peers average. If we compare it with its Consumer Defensive sector average of 2.79%, Colgate Palmolive's dividend yield is 18% lower. The current dividend yield is similar to the historical average of 2.3% of the last 5 years.

Colgate Palmolive has been paying dividends since 1994. CL has distributed four quarterly dividends in the past year. The annualized dividend per share has increased by 4.1% for the last twelve months. And with the price of the stock down by 11% from a year ago, the dividend yield has increased by 17%.

Colgate Palmolive Dividend history chart

Payout ratio

CL has a payout ratio of 56.9% which is lower than the Consumer Defensive sector, the industry and its peers average. But in comparison with the Consumer Defensive sector average of 57.2%, Colgate Palmolive's payout ratio is only 0.5% lower.

Total amount of dividends paid per financial year (from cash flow)