Colgate Palmolive Co (CL)

Consumer Staples · Household Products · US stock · S&P 500 component

$97.39 ▲ +3.99 (4.27%)

At close 22 Oct 2026 · USD · Volume 4,813,564

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Fair valueFair

$87 −10.5% to fair value

$44fair band $74–$106$131

Day's range

$94.56 – $97.50

52-week range

$74.55 – $99.33

About Colgate Palmolive Co

Colgate-Palmolive sells oral care, personal care, home care and pet nutrition products in many countries. Its brands include Colgate toothpaste, Palmolive soaps and dish liquids, and Hill's pet food. Revenue comes from selling these everyday goods to supermarkets, pharmacies, mass retailers, online sellers and veterinary channels. The company relies on brand strength, steady repeat purchases and distribution in both developed and emerging markets.

The company reported revenue of $21.0 billion for the last twelve months. The three-year revenue growth rate is 4.3% a year. Profitability shows an operating margin of 14.9% and a return on invested capital of 34%. Net debt stands at 1.7 times EBITDA. Shareholders receive a dividend, yielding 2.2%. This gives an X-Ray Score of 57 out of 100.

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52-wk range $74.55 – $99.33Volume 4,813,564Daily, split-adjusted

Vitals

Market cap$78.1B

52-week range$74.55 – $99.33

Volume (last day)4,813,564

P/E (TTM)38.6

EBIT / EV yield3.7%

Free-cash-flow yield4.9%

Dividend yield2.2%

Revenue (TTM)$21.0B

Net income (TTM)$2.0B

Operating margin14.9%

Return on capital34.4%

Debt incl. leases$7.8B

Cash & securities$1.4B

Debt = borrowings plus lease liabilities. Cash & securities = cash, equivalents and short-term marketable securities (long-term securities are not counted, so net cash can be understated for companies that hold large long-term investments). Net debt = debt minus cash & securities. Source: latest SEC 10-Q/10-K. EBIT / EV yield = operating profit divided by market cap plus net debt.

Fair value estimate

$87middle half of models $78 – $96

Fair −10.5% to fair value

Average of the 14 valuation models that pass our checks: multiples, discounted cash flow, dividend discount and earnings power value. A model more than 100% above or 60% below the price is left out as unrealistic. Model uncertainty is Medium, based on how far apart the models are. Undervalued or Overvalued means the gap to fair value is more than 17.5%.

Price $97

Undervalued < $74Fair $74 – $106Overvalued > $106

P/E multiple

$94

P/B multiple

$71

P/S multiple

$94

EV/EBITDA multiple

$91

EV/EBIT multiple

$84

EV/revenue multiple

$95

10-year DCF, EBITDA exit

$96

5-year DCF, EBITDA exit

$98

10-year DCF, revenue exit

$96

5-year DCF, revenue exit

$100

10-year DCF, growth exit

$60

5-year DCF, growth exit

$56

Dividend discount, stable

$108

Dividend discount, multi-stage · not used

$205

Earnings power value

$76

Growth the price implies

16.8%/yr

A model estimate, not a price target or recommendation. Inputs: risk-free 5.13%, equity risk premium 4.30% (Damodaran). How it works.

What this means

Average business, fairly priced

The price sits inside our fair-value band. A high score does not guarantee a good outcome; it shifts the odds a little. Use the checklist as a prompt for your own research.

Before you invest · decision checklist

I understand how this company makes money Business quality is average or better ✓ 66 The price is not above fair value $87 fair value Debt looks manageable 1.7× EBITDA Revenue has been growing 4.3% a year Profits are backed by cash There are no red flags none raised I know what share of my savings this would be

Ticked boxes are filled in from our data; the rest are yours to answer.

The five-lens scan

Every score explained in one sentence, ranked against Consumer Staples peers. Open a lens to see the numbers behind it.

Strong: 70 to 100Fair: 50 to 69Weak: under 50No score: not enough data

Valuation Weak

35/100

Expensive against its sector on earnings and cash flow.

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EBIT / EV yield3.7%

Free-cash-flow yield4.9%

Fair value vs price0.9×

Growth Fair

61/100

Growing at a typical pace for its sector.

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Revenue growth (3y)4.3%

EPS growth (3y)7.3%

Growth consistency80%

Profitability Strong

78/100

Earns high returns on the capital it uses.

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Return on invested capital34.4%

Operating margin14.9%

Gross profitability75.7%

Financial health Fair

55/100

Balance sheet is in typical shape for its sector.

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Piotroski F-Score5 / 9

Net debt / EBITDA1.7×

Interest cover12.3×

Dividends Fair

51/100

Dividend is typical for its sector.

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Dividend yield2.2%

Dividends vs free cash flow44%

Dividend growth2.5%

Quarterly results: last 6 quarters

-3.0%

Mar '25

+1.0%

Jun '25

+1.9%

Sep '25

+5.8%

Dec '25

+8.4%

Mar '26

+4.9%

Jun '26

Revenue against the same quarter a year earlier. Latest quarter revenue $5.4B, diluted EPS $0.86.

Compare with peers

KMB Kimberly Clark Corp50 CHD Church & Dwight Co Inc47 CLX Clorox Co24

Other Household Products companies by X-Ray Score.

SWOT analysis: Colgate Palmolive Co

Strengthsinside the company

Return on invested capital is 34.4%, against a median of 15.1% for industry peers.
Operating margin of 14.9% is well above the 10.2% median of industry peers, a sign of pricing power or lower costs.
Operating profit covers interest 12x, so debt costs are a small drag.

Weaknessesinside the company

No clear weakness in the figures we track.

Opportunitiesvaluation and setting

Dividends use only 44% of free cash flow, which leaves room to raise them.
Price momentum is strong on the weekly and monthly signals (trends can reverse).

Threatsvaluation and setting

Trades at 38.3x earnings, 100% above the 19.1x median of industry peers, so the price already assumes better results.

Written by fixed rules from the figures on this page and the peer table below: filings, our fair value, the sector climate and the price trend. It summarises the data, it is not a forecast or advice.

Compare CL with peers and sector

Medians of 3 Household Products peers and of 28 Consumer Staples stocks in our universe. Largest peers (X-Ray Score): KMB 50, CHD 47, CLX 24.

Metric	CL	Peers	Sector
X-Ray Score (out of 100)	57	47	50
Valuation	35	–	53
Growth	61	30	48
Profitability	78	44	51
Financial health	54	–	46
Dividends	51	44	50

Sector leaders: highest X-Ray Score in Consumer Staples

CL ranks #9 of 29 in Consumer Staples and #1 of 4 in Household Products by X-Ray Score. A higher score is stronger on our five pillars; it is a ranking of facts, not a forecast.

Company	X-Ray Score
#1 MNST Monster Beverage Corp	77
#2 DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc.	71
#3 DG Dollar General Corp	66
#4 CASY Caseys General Stores Inc	62
#5 MO Altria Group, Inc.	61
…
#9 CL Colgate Palmolive Co (this stock)	57

Metric	CL	Peers	Sector
P/E ratio	38.3x	19.1x	24.0x
PEG ratio	5.26	–	2.27
Price / book	330.9x	–	4.0x
Price / sales	3.7x	–	1.7x
EV / EBITDA	22.5x	–	15.0x
Price / free cash flow	20.2x	–	20.7x
Dividend yield	2.2%	4.5%	2.9%
Gap to our fair value	−10.5%	–	+3.7%

Metric	CL	Peers	Sector
Price change, 1 month	+11.9%	+13.3%	+7.6%
Price change, 3 months	+6.3%	+4.4%	+5.5%
Price change, 6 months	+18.9%	+17.9%	+17.1%
Price change, 1 year	+24.2%	−1.8%	+13.0%

Metric	CL	Peers	Sector
Market value	$78.1B	$25.9B	$38.5B
Revenue (last 12 months)	$21.0B	–	$24.9B
EBITDA (last 12 months)	$3.8B	–	$3.2B
Net income (last 12 months)	$2.0B	$745M	$1.7B
Free cash flow (last 12 months)	$3.9B	–	$2.0B

Metric	CL	Peers	Sector
Revenue growth, last year	+1.4%	–	+2.3%
Revenue growth, 3 years a year	+4.3%	–	+2.0%
EPS growth, 3 years a year	+7.3%	–	+1.9%
Free cash flow growth, 3 years a year	+25.0%	–	+9.3%
Dividend growth	+2.5%	–	+4.1%

Metric	CL	Peers	Sector
Gross margin	60.4%	–	37.7%
EBITDA margin	17.9%	–	11.9%
Operating margin	14.9%	–	10.2%
Net margin	9.7%	–	6.6%
Return on invested capital	34.4%	–	15.1%
Return on equity	863.1%	–	18.3%

Metric	CL	Peers	Sector
Net debt / EBITDA	1.7x	–	2.1x
Interest cover	12.3x	–	11.3x
Current ratio	1.0x	–	1.1x
Piotroski F-score (0 to 9)	5	–	6

Green means better than the peer median, red worse (only where a higher or lower figure is clearly better). A dash means too few companies report the figure. P/E, EV/EBITDA and price changes are not graded: a different level is not good or bad by itself.

Factor ratings for CL

Each factor is rated by where CL stands among the 29 Consumer Staples stocks in our universe.

Rating against the sector

Goodthe top third of these stocks

Averagethe middle third of these stocks

Badthe bottom third of these stocks

"Beats" is the share of those stocks it is ahead of.

Against its own history

The last columns set today's figure against the company's own median of its last five financial years:

▲ Betterbetter than its usual level

▼ Worseworse than its usual level

≈ In linewithin its usual range

For valuation factors Good means cheaper than most of the sector and Better means cheaper than usual for this company, which is not the same as a bargain.

In total: 9 Good · 7 Average · 7 Bad of 23 Growth: 1 · 1 · 1 Profitability: 3 · 2 · 0 Financial strength: 1 · 2 · 1 Valuation: 0 · 1 · 4 Cash flow: 4 · 0 · 0 Efficiency: 0 · 1 · 1

Factor	CL	Rating	Sector median	Own 5-year median	Against own history
Growth
Revenue growth, 3 years a year	+4.3%	Good beats 70%	+2.3%	–	–
Revenue growth, last year	+1.4%	Bad beats 30%	+2.2%	+3.3%	≈ In line
EPS growth, 3 years a year	+7.3%	Average beats 62%	+2.0%	–	–
Profitability
Gross margin	60.4%	Good beats 83%	38.7%	59.6%	≈ In line
Operating margin	14.9%	Average beats 57%	11.0%	19.1%	▼ Worse
Net margin	9.7%	Average beats 59%	6.9%	11.8%	▼ Worse
Return on invested capital	34.4%	Good beats 83%	15.2%	–	–
Return on equity	863.1%	Good beats 98%	18.6%	445.1%	▲ Better
Financial strength
Net debt / EBITDA	1.7x	Good beats 70%	2.0x	1.6x	≈ In line
Interest cover	12.3x	Average beats 52%	11.8x	14.6x	▼ Worse
Current ratio	1.03	Average beats 48%	1.04	1.09	≈ In line
Piotroski F-score	5 / 9	Bad beats 21%	6 / 9	–	–
Valuation
P/E ratio	38.3x	Bad beats 13%	25.0x	30.1x	▼ Worse
Price / book	330.9x	Bad beats 2%	4.5x	164.8x	▼ Worse
Price / sales	3.7x	Bad beats 23%	1.8x	3.7x	≈ In line
EV / EBITDA	22.5x	Bad beats 25%	15.2x	18.0x	▼ Worse
Free cash flow yield	4.9%	Average beats 56%	4.8%	4.6%	≈ In line
Cash flow
Free cash flow margin	18.3%	Good beats 83%	9.3%	15.8%	▲ Better
Cash from operations / net income	2.19	Good beats 85%	1.54	1.54	▲ Better
Free cash flow growth, 3 years a year	+25.0%	Good beats 82%	+11.0%	–	–
Accruals (lower is better)	−14.4%	Good beats 98%	−4.2%	–	–
Efficiency
Inventory turnover	3.8x	Bad beats 23%	5.3x	4.0x	≈ In line
Days sales outstanding	34 days	Average beats 55%	35 days	30 days	▼ Worse

These ratings compare companies with each other and describe the past; they are not a forecast, a recommendation or part of the X-Ray Score. A factor is left out when its data is missing or meaningless (for example a P/E on negative earnings). A dash in the history columns means fewer than three usable years.

Fundamentals checklist

● 7 Good · ● 6 Average · ● 3 Bad

Cash quality

Earnings backed by cashGood

Free-cash-flow yieldAverage

Risk models

Altman Z''Good

Piotroski F-ScoreBad

Growth

EPS growth (3y)Average

Free-cash-flow growth (3y)Good

Revenue growth (3y)Good

Growth consistencyAverage

Balance sheet

Current ratioAverage

Net debt / EBITDAGood

Interest coverAverage

Valuation

Fair value vs priceBad

EBIT / EV yieldBad

Profitability

Return on invested capitalGood

Operating marginAverage

Gross profitabilityGood

Each check is graded against the company's sector, not a fixed number. Checklist score 63/100.

Financials

	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Revenue	$17.4B	$18.0B	$19.5B	$20.1B	$20.4B
Operating income	$3.3B	$2.9B	$4.0B	$4.3B	$3.3B
Net income	$2.2B	$1.8B	$2.3B	$2.9B	$2.1B
Operating cash flow	$3.3B	$2.6B	$3.7B	$4.1B	$4.2B
Operating margin	19.1%	16.1%	20.5%	21.2%	16.2%
Free cash flow	$2.8B	$1.9B	$3.0B	$3.5B	$3.6B
Diluted EPS	$2.55	$2.13	$2.77	$3.51	$2.63

Fiscal years, from SEC filings.

Technical summary

Daily

Bullish

12 bullish · 0 neutral · 4 bearish

Weekly

Strongly bullish

11 bullish · 1 neutral · 0 bearish

Monthly

Strongly bullish

7 bullish · 1 neutral · 0 bearish

Moving averages (daily)

SMA 10	92.39	Bullish
EMA 10	92.71	Bullish
SMA 20	89.29	Bullish
EMA 20	90.80	Bullish
SMA 50	89.26	Bullish
EMA 50	89.74	Bullish
SMA 100	90.07	Bullish
EMA 100	89.34	Bullish
SMA 200	88.77	Bullish
EMA 200	88.19	Bullish

Oscillators (daily)

RSI (14)	73.42	Bearish
MACD (12, 26)	1.88	Bullish
Momentum (12)	11.62	Bullish
Stochastic %K (14)	99.16	Bearish
Williams %R (14)	-0.84	Bearish
CCI (20)	156.2	Bearish

Pivot points (classic, last session)

92.53

93.54

95.47

Pivot

96.48

98.41

99.42

101.3

Signals describe what the chart is doing, not what to do. Moving averages: price above the average is bullish. Oscillators use the usual thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20; MACD and momentum above zero are bullish). Weekly and monthly views use closing prices only.

Dividends

Paid, last 12 months

2.11 USD

Yield on today's price

2.17%

Frequency

Quarterly

Next ex-dividend date

Not announced

Ex-dividend date	Amount per share
20 Oct 2026	0.5300
20 Jul 2026	0.5300
20 Apr 2026	0.5300
21 Jan 2026	0.5200
17 Oct 2025	0.5200
18 Jul 2025	0.5200
17 Apr 2025	0.5200
21 Jan 2025	0.5000
18 Oct 2024	0.5000
19 Jul 2024	0.5000
19 Apr 2024	0.5000
19 Jan 2024	0.4800

Ex-dividend dates and amounts from EODHD. Shown as declared, before tax.

ETFs that hold CL

ETF	Share of the fund
XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR	4.70%
RSPS Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer...	3.06%
IYK iShares US Consumer Staples	3.01%
VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples	2.36%
FSTA Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index	2.33%
FTCS First Trust Capital Strength	2.15%
BKDV BNY Mellon Dynamic Value	2.06%
SAMT The Advisorsa Inner Circle Fund III	1.89%

The eight funds with the largest weight in CL among the ETFs we cover, from each fund's latest SEC Form N-PORT (quarter-end positions, so they can be months old). All ETFs.