Stock · CL · Consumer Defensive
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1977 · Revenue 12 mo. $21B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Colgate-Palmolive Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products in the United States and internationally.
Colgate-Palmolive Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care; and Pet Nutrition. The Oral, Personal and Home Care segment offers toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, bar and liquid hand soaps, shower gels, shampoos, conditioners, deodorants and antiperspirants, skin health products, dishwashing detergents, fabric conditioners, household cleaners, and other related items. This segment markets and sells its products under the Colgate, Palmolive, Darlie, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom's of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, Lady Speed Stick, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Murphy, Soupline, and Suavitel brands to a range of traditional and eCommerce retailers, wholesalers, and distributors, as well as dentists and skin health professionals. It also offers pharmaceutical products for dentists and other oral health professionals. The Pet Nutrition segment offers pet nutrition products for everyday nutritional needs under the Hill's Science Diet brand; and a range of therapeutic pet products to help nutritionally support dogs and cats in different stages of health under the Hill's Prescription Diet brand; and a fresh pet food sold to pet specialty and other retailers in Australia under Prime100 brand. This segment markets and sells its products through pet supply retailers, veterinarians, and eCommerce retailers. Colgate-Palmolive Company was founded in 1806 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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Summary
54.9 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €3.3B (2025), it supports €36.2B. The remaining €31.1B of the market value assume it grows 8.7% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
8.7%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 17.5×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 17.8× to 20.9×, median 19.9×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 584.11% | 12.35% | Rank 100 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 70.94% | 20.14% | Rank 89 |
| EBIT margin | 16.22% | 9.44% | Rank 77 |
| FCF margin | 17.83% | 6.71% | Rank 93 |
| Gross margin | 60.11% | 35.78% | Rank 93 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 1.40% | 2.12% | Rank 42 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 7.29% | 5.20% | Rank 53 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −3.47% | 6.07% | Rank 23 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.77% | 3.77% | Rank 24 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.72% | 4.25% | Rank 22 |
| FCF yield | 4.84% | 5.05% | Rank 46 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 4.04 | 1.51 | Rank 11 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 24.91 | 16.74 | Rank 26 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 15.36% | 3.24% | Rank 70 |
| Share price, 6 months | 10.77% | 11.30% | Rank 46 |
| Share price, 3 months | 8.66% | 9.00% | Rank 49 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −2.60% | −7.96% | Rank 71 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −7.72% | −0.99% | Rank 92 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.39% | −0.62% | Rank 68 |
| Dividend streak in years | 25 | 5 | Rank 90 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 3.89% | 0.22% | Rank 91 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 2.24% | 41.95% | Rank 2 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 1.49 | 1.96 | Rank 60 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 23.44 | 0.67 | Rank 1 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 23.38% | 25.82% | Rank 74 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 15.2 | 26.1% | 2.5 | 898M | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 15.5 | 25.9% | 2.5 | 888M | 5.0 |
| 2018 | 15.5 | 24.8% | 2.6 | 873M | 5.6 |
| 2019 | 15.7 | 24.0% | 2.8 | 861M | 7.0 |
| 2020 | 16.5 | 23.7% | 3.3 | 859M | 6.7 |
| 2021 | 17.4 | 22.3% | 2.8 | 848M | 6.4 |
| 2022 | 18.0 | 20.0% | 1.9 | 839M | 8.5 |
| 2023 | 19.5 | 21.2% | 3.0 | 829M | 8.1 |
| 2024 | 20.1 | 21.8% | 3.5 | 823M | 7.4 |
| 2025 | 20.4 | 16.2% | 3.6 | 811M | 6.7 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Colgate-Palmolive Company mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Colgate-Palmolive Company is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
5 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Colgate-Palmolive Company.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 36.7 | 22.8 |
| P/B ratio | 214.6 | 2.6 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 584.1% | 12.3% |
| Equity ratio | 2.2% | 42.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 23.44 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 2.6% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Companythis page | |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc | Low3.6 |
| KVUE | Kenvue Inc. | locked |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Low4.5 |
| CHD | Church & Dwight Company Inc | locked |
| HINDUNILVR.NS | Hindustan Unilever Limited | locked |
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