Is CL halal?
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Halal
Colgate-Palmolive Company passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
94.11
Day
+1.55%
Market cap
$72.57B
Industry
Household & Personal Products
Sector
Consumer Defensive
What the company does
Colgate-Palmolive sells oral care (Colgate toothpaste — #1 worldwide), soap and shampoo (Palmolive, Protex), home care (Ajax) and Hill's pet food. Its money comes from product sales in 200 countries.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $7.86B ÷ 36-month average market cap $72.42B = 10.8%
10.8%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $1.37B ÷ 36-month average market cap $72.42B = 1.9%
1.9%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $75.00M ÷ annual revenue $20.38B (2025) = 0.4%
0.4%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $72.57B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 19.9% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.11% weight · #154 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.11% · #123 of 1455
- Held by funds
- SPUS 0.20%
- Dividend
- 2.32% · purify 0.4% · net 2.31%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 4 superinvestors · Average reported price: $91.68
- First Eagle Investment Management$1.5B1.3%
- Yacktman Asset Management$72.5M0.9%
- Jensen Investment Management$10.6M0.3%
- Dodge & Cox Funds$1.3M0.0%
Exited this quarter: David Katz, Lindsell Train
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