Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL)

Last Closing Price: 88.67 (2025-06-23)

Company Description

Colgate-Palmolive is a global leader in the oral care hygiene market. It produces and distributions household, healthcare and personal care products. Company's business strategy closely defines efforts to increase its leadership in key product categories through innovation in core businesses, tracking adjacent categories growth and expansion into new markets and channels. Due to the shift of consumer preference to organic and natural ingredients, the company is expanding its Naturals range. Its business is focused on four core categories including - Oral Care, Personal Care, Pet Nutrition and Home Care. Colgate-Palmolive operates through two business segments: (1) Oral, Personal and Home Care; and (2) Pet Nutrition. Oral, Personal and Home Care. The pet nutrition segment consists of pet food products for dogs and cats manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive's subsidiary, Hill's Pet Nutrition.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $20.10B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $2.89B
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 24.30
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 24.36
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) 4.71
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 3.60
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 98.04
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 20.31
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 19.76%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 14.52%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 461.04%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 18.14%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.85
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.54
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 8.96
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 3.88
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $0.67
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $0.91
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $3.60
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $3.54
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Consumer Defensive
Industry Household & Personal Products
Common Shares Outstanding 810.42M
Free Float 807.10M
Market Capitalization $71.86B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 5.03M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.38
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 0.41%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 80.41%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $2.08
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 2.35%