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How COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$20.4B · 100%Cost of revenue$8.1B · 40%Gross profit$12.3B · 60%Operating income$3.3B · 16%Income before tax$3.1B · 15%Income tax$798M · 4%Net income$2.1B · 10%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$20.4B100%
Cost of revenue$8.1B40%
$12.3B60%
$3.3B16%
Income before tax$3.1B15%
Income tax$798M4%
$2.1B10%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
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