Seasonality
CL seasonality — Colgate-Palmolive
Over the last 11 years, CL's strongest month on average has been November (+3.6%) and its weakest September (-3.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.06% | -1.46% | 40% | +14.3% | -8.8% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.51% | +0.09% | 50% | +13.0% | -8.4% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.52% | +2.65% | 70% | +4.8% | -14.0% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.23% | +1.84% | 70% | +6.2% | -9.0% | 10 |
| May | +0.81% | +1.71% | 70% | +6.0% | -6.8% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.03% | +1.70% | 70% | +4.4% | -2.9% | 10 |
| Jul | -0.47% | -0.71% | 40% | +5.4% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +0.41% | -0.72% | 40% | +7.4% | -3.7% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.99% | -2.85% | 20% | +1.7% | -10.2% | 10 |
| Oct | -0.89% | -1.24% | 50% | +11.7% | -11.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.63% | +4.33% | 78% | +8.6% | -1.5% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.85% | +0.76% | 60% | +13.8% | -6.3% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — CL
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14.3 | 9.8 | -14.0 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 1.7 | -0.4 | -1.6 | -5.0 | 11.7 | 1.3 | +22.2% | |
| 2025 | -4.6 | 5.2 | 2.8 | -1.6 | 0.8 | -2.2 | -7.8 | 0.3 | -4.9 | -3.6 | 4.3 | -1.7 | -13.1% |
| 2024 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 7.4 | -2.5 | -9.7 | 3.1 | -5.9 | +14.1% |
| 2023 | -5.4 | -1.6 | 2.5 | 6.2 | -6.8 | 3.6 | -1.0 | -3.7 | -3.2 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 1.2 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | -3.4 | -6.7 | -1.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | -1.8 | -0.7 | -10.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 1.7 | -7.7% |
| 2021 | -8.8 | -3.6 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 3.8 | -2.9 | -2.3 | -1.9 | -3.0 | 0.8 | -1.5 | 13.8 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 7.2 | -8.4 | -1.8 | 5.9 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 5.4 | 2.7 | -2.7 | 2.3 | 8.6 | -0.1 | +24.2% |
| 2019 | 8.7 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 6.2 | -4.3 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 3.4 | -0.9 | -6.7 | -1.1 | 1.5 | +15.7% |
| 2018 | -1.6 | -7.1 | 3.9 | -9.0 | -3.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | -0.9 | 0.8 | -11.1 | 6.7 | -6.3 | -21.1% |
| 2017 | -1.3 | 13.0 | 0.3 | -1.6 | 6.0 | -2.9 | -2.6 | -0.8 | 1.7 | -3.3 | 2.8 | 4.1 | +15.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3 |