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Colgate-Palmolive CL

US equityMarket cap rank #243Household & Personal Products
$86.03
+$0.10 (+0.12%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $85.93 0.00%
Open$86.37
Prev close$85.93
Day range$85.79 – $87.25
Volume1.75M
Market cap$68.58B
P/E (TTM)33.9
Dividend yield2.43%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

CL at a glance

Shares of Colgate-Palmolive are up 0.12% at $86.03. The company is worth $68.58B, number 243 out of 300 on our list.

Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $73.21 and $98.15, so it sits 12.4% below the top of that range. Holders are ahead 8.7% over twelve months, but down 5.8% across the last three months.

On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($90.51) and 200-day ($87.51) moving averages; RSI is 41, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 16% annualized volatility.

Revenue for the quarter ended Jun 2026 was $5.36B, up 4.9% from a year earlier, with $719.00M of net profit (a 9.7% margin).

Buyers are paying 33.9 times trailing earnings, 9% above its five-year average of 31.2. The median for its industry group is 22.2.

9 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $102.67, sits 19.3% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Colgate-Palmolive: the business

Colgate-Palmolive sells toothpaste, soap, dish detergent and Hill's pet food in over 200 countries.

What tends to move it. Pricing and volume growth in emerging markets, raw material costs and currency effects on overseas sales decide results.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+0.1%
1 week
-1.1%
1 month
-7.0%
3 months
-5.8%
6 months
+3.0%
Year to date
+10.9%
1 year
+8.7%
Day range
$85.79$87.25
52-week range
$73.21$98.15

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readStrong downtrend

1 bullish · 6 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-2.8%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-5.0%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average-1.7%Bearish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)40.6Bearish
MACD (12,26,9)-1.11Bearish
Bollinger band position12%Bearish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$86.03 / $86.06
Average price today$86.41
Volume1.75MAvg (90d) 4.93M
Turnover$151.14M
Turnover rate0.23%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.40vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude1.71%
Market cap$68.58B
Float market cap$64.38B
Shares outstanding748.36M
EPS (TTM)$2.63
P/E (TTM)33.87
P/B290.64
Book value / share$0.30
Earnings yield8.58%
Dividend (TTM)$2.09 / shareYield 2.43%
Net profit (TTM)$2.10B
Net assets$235.96M
30-day volatility15.7%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)1.73%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-17.0%-12.2% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How CL ranks on BeStock

Market value#243 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#179 of 283
Dividend yield#85 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#133 of 300
Dollar volume today#201 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$5.36B+4.9% YoY
Operating profit$1.02B-5.9% YoY
Net profit$719.00M-7.0% YoY
Diluted EPS$0.86-5.5% YoY
Free cash flow$867.00M+11.7% YoY
Operating cash flow$995.00M

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$5.0BSep '24$4.9BDec '24$4.9BMar '25$5.1BJun '25$5.1BSep '25$5.2BDec '25$5.3BMar '26$5.4BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$776.0MSep '24$779.0MDec '24$726.0MMar '25$773.0MJun '25$766.0MSep '25$-5.0MDec '25$681.0MMar '26$719.0MJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin60.4%
Operating margin19.3%
Net margin9.7%
Return on equity434.5%
Return on assets11.9%
Return on invested capital24.7%
Current ratio1.03
Liabilities / assets96.6%
Cash & investments$1.37B
Total debt$7.86B
Net cash (debt)-$6.49B
Free cash flow / sales18.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q2

By business line

  • Oral, Personal and Home Care$4.17B 77.7%
  • Hill’s Pet Nutrition$1.20B 22.3%
Average move on report day±2.5%last 15 reports
Closed higher8 of 1553% of the time
Best reaction+5.9%
Worst reaction-5.2%

Stock move on the day after each report

-4.1%2024/Q3-4.6%2024/Q4+1.3%2025/Q1-0.4%2025/Q2+0.7%2025/Q3+5.9%2025/Q4+2.2%2026/Q1-0.3%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings34.2x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 70th percentile, 5-year average 31.2x

#2213 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book293.2x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 68th percentile, 5-year average -678.1x

#5292 of 5304 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales3.3x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 13th percentile, 5-year average 3.6x

#3183 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

20x28x36x44xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$88.00
Price vs. fair value-2.2%Close to the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyLow

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts9
Average target$102.67+19.3% vs. price
  • Buy 89%
  • Hold 11%
Low $95.00Now $86.03Avg $102.67High $110.00

Latest rating actions

  • 8 Sep 2026RBC CapitalBUY · PT $104.00
  • 21 Aug 2026BofA SecuritiesBUY · PT $102.00
  • 3 Aug 2026Wells FargoHOLD · PT $95.00
  • 3 Aug 2026UBSBUY · PT $109.00
  • 3 Aug 2026BofA SecuritiesBUY · PT $102.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership85.9%-0.05 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,345-4 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)9 buys / 6 sellsNet buying
Short interest2.15% of floatDays to cover 4.2 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share22.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

12%18%23%28%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$12.64M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)2.43%
Last dividend$0.53Ex-date 20 Jul 2026
Next-to-last$0.53
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

1.6620181.7120191.7520201.7920211.8620221.9120231.9820242.062025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 3.1% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Colgate-Palmolive (CL.US) is reportedly planning to sell some of its personal care brands, with a total valuation potentially exceeding $1 billion.Zhitong Finance · 12 Sep 2026

CL stock: common questions

Where is CL trading right now?

$86.03 is the latest print for CL, a move of +0.12% against yesterday's close of $85.93. Today's low and high so far: $85.79 and $87.25.

What is CL worth in total?

Equity value comes to $68.58B at the current price. By that measure it is number 243 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is CL expensive on earnings?

Buyers pay 33.9 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $2.63). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 31.2, and today's level ranks in the 70th percentile of its own history.

Where does CL sit in its 52-week range?

The year's floor is $73.21 and the ceiling $98.15. Shares are 12.4% away from that ceiling.

Does CL send cash back through a dividend?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 2.43% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was July 20, 2026.

What is the analyst view on Colgate-Palmolive?

Of 9 analysts, 89% say buy, 11% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $102.67, with the most cautious at $95.00 and the most optimistic at $110.00.

What does Colgate-Palmolive do?

Colgate-Palmolive sells toothpaste, soap, dish detergent and Hill's pet food in over 200 countries.

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