Colgate-Palmolive Company

CL Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products

Colgate-Palmolive Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $20.4 billion, up 1.40% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.91%, EPS fell 5.43%, free cash flow grew 11.7% and total debt fell 10.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for three.

94.11 1.44 +1.55%
Market cap
$73.9B
P/E
37.1×
Fwd P/E
23.9×
Dividend yield
2.79%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
6.51
Beneish M
−3.04
Dividend safety
66/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 57.11
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — 7 — — 2 — — 3 — —
Insider Ownership 0.48%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 73,870.00
Revenue 21,046.00
Net Income 2,163.00
Free Cash Flow 3,858.00
Net Debt 6,487.00
Current Ratio 1.03
Debt/Equity 13.88 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 37.05 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 23.90
P/S ratio 3.57
P/B ratio 132.92 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth (3.48%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 4.59%
Next Y EPS Growth 5.82%
Next Y revenue growth 5.00%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 5.94%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 83.86%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 26.94%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 54.20%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 20.38%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 8.99%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 1.04
Annual Dividend Rate 2.63
Annual Dividend Yield 2.79%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.11
0.52
0.53
0.53
0.53
2025 2.06
0.50
0.52
0.52
0.52
2024 1.98
0.48
0.50
0.50
0.50
2023 1.91
0.47
0.48
0.48
0.48
2022 1.86
0.45
0.47
0.47
0.47
2021 1.79
0.44
0.45
0.45
0.45
2020 1.75
0.43
0.44
0.44
0.44
2019 1.71
0.42
0.43
0.43
0.43
2018 1.66
0.40
0.42
0.42
0.42
2017 1.59
0.39
0.40
0.40
0.40
2016 1.55
0.38
0.39
0.39
0.39
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 966 1,096 1,288 1,370
Receivables 1,586 1,521 1,675 1,962
Inventory 1,934 1,987 2,032 2,181
Other 793 713 714 795
5,279 5,317 5,709 6,308
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,698 1,805 2,089 2,115
ST’ Debt 330 660 1,117 34
Other — — — —
4,741 5,759 6,853 6,148

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.43% 4.35% 4.29%
Cash Flow 3.59% 2.45% 17.99%
Earnings 4.42% (4.58%) 6.10%
Book Value 0.00% (19.81%) (23.21%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 5,324 5,361 — — —
’25 4,911 5,110 5,131 5,230 20,382
’24 5,065 5,058 5,033 4,945 20,101
’23 4,770 4,822 4,915 4,950 19,457
’22 4,399 4,484 4,455 4,629 17,967
’21 4,344 4,260 4,414 4,403 17,421
’20 4,097 3,897 4,153 4,324 16,471
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 747 995 — — —
’25 600 884 1,261 1,453 4,198
’24 681 990 1,167 1,269 4,107
’23 735 722 1,152 1,136 3,745
’22 386 528 969 673 2,556
’21 598 627 994 1,106 3,325
’20 768 1,026 962 963 3,719
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 609 867 — — —
’25 476 776 1,106 1,276 3,634
’24 555 873 1,033 1,085 3,546
’23 572 538 991 939 3,040
’22 264 350 841 452 1,907
’21 491 497 857 913 2,758
’20 686 949 872 802 3,309
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.80 0.86 — — —
’25 0.85 0.91 0.91 (0.05) 2.63
’24 0.83 0.89 0.90 0.90 3.51
’23 0.45 0.60 0.86 0.87 2.77
’22 0.66 0.72 0.74 0.01 2.13
’21 0.80 0.83 0.75 0.18 2.55
’20 0.83 0.74 0.81 0.75 3.14
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 61.40 63.43 57.41 58.62 58.49 74.01 67.84 67.62 79.39 74.55

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 75.38 77.27 77.91 76.41 86.41 85.56 85.61 82.09 109.30 100.18
People
People Employees 36,700 35,900 34,500 34,300 34,200 33,800 33,800 34,000 34,000 33,600
Revenue/emp, $m 0.41 0.43 0.45 0.46 0.48 0.52 0.53 0.57 0.59 0.61
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 15,195 15,454 15,544 15,693 16,471 17,421 17,967 19,457 20,101 20,382
Gross margin, % 60.04 60.05 59.39 59.42 60.82 59.55 57.04 58.21 60.50 60.11
EBT 3,738 3,487 3,464 3,301 3,647 3,087 2,660 3,392 3,956 3,059
EBT margin, % 24.60 22.56 22.29 21.03 22.14 17.72 14.80 17.43 19.68 15.01
Net income 2,586 2,174 2,558 2,527 2,860 2,338 1,967 2,455 3,049 2,261
Depreciation 443 475 511 519 539 1,127 1,266 567 605 1,549
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 17.04 17.53 17.85 18.27 19.22 20.62 21.48 23.52 24.54 25.20
Earnings 2.74 2.30 2.76 2.76 3.15 2.56 2.13 2.78 3.53 2.64
Cash flow 3.52 3.46 3.51 3.65 4.34 3.93 3.06 4.53 5.01 5.19
Capex (0.60) (0.58) (0.50) (0.39) (0.48) (0.67) (0.78) (0.85) (0.68) (0.70)
Free cash flow 2.92 2.89 3.01 3.26 3.86 3.26 2.28 3.67 4.33 4.49
Book value 0.02 0.28 0.23 0.65 1.29 1.15 0.96 1.16 0.66 0.45
Shares, m 892 882 871 859 857 845 836 827 819 809
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 23.92 32.81 21.64 25.03 27.23 33.34 36.98 28.93 25.75 30.05
P/S 3.85 4.29 3.33 3.77 4.45 4.14 3.68 3.43 3.70 3.14
P/B 3,438.15 272.67 263.04 105.99 66.54 74.27 82.11 69.79 136.88 175.08
EV/Sales 4.25 4.67 3.75 4.20 4.84 4.51 4.13 3.82 4.05 3.46
EV/FCF 24.75 28.37 22.27 23.53 24.09 28.46 38.89 24.46 22.93 19.43
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 3,141 3,054 3,056 3,133 3,719 3,325 2,556 3,745 4,107 4,198
Capex (533) (509) (436) (335) (410) (567) (649) (705) (561) (564)
Free cash flow 2,608 2,545 2,620 2,798 3,309 2,758 1,907 3,040 3,546 3,634
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,033 1,231 452 141 (66) 346 1,109 538 (442) (1,144)
Total debt 6,533 6,577 6,366 7,587 7,343 7,206 8,755 8,549 7,949 7,988
Net debt 5,218 5,042 5,640 6,704 6,455 6,374 7,980 7,583 6,853 6,700
Shareholders’ equity 17 243 197 558 1,101 971 806 957 544 365
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 20.29 16.32 19.33 17.41 17.41 13.99 11.60 14.32 17.81 13.17
ROIC 47.22 43.84 39.55 30.59 32.14 28.35 20.58 29.16 36.06 29.25
ROE (18,081.48) 1,556.92 1,090.91 627.02 324.89 209.07 200.90 260.92 384.94 469.09
Negative figures in brackets.

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Charts ten years each

Colgate-Palmolive Company vs peers in Household & Personal Products (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) $364.9B 23.5× 20.9× +1.50% (above 0%: growing) −15.23% (below 0%: shrinking) +2.06% (above 0%: growing) 48.50% 18.62% Compare
UL Unilever PLC $139.3B 11.2× — +8.58% (above 0%: growing) +8.84% (above 0%: growing) −19.66% (below 0%: shrinking) 0.00% 0.00% Compare
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company $73.9B 37.1× 23.9× +4.91% (above 0%: growing) −5.43% (below 0%: shrinking) +11.73% (above 0%: growing) 61.48% 18.95%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. $38.8B 205× 28.0× +6.33% (above 0%: growing) n/m +7.87% (above 0%: growing) 75.46% (1.08%) Compare
KVUE Kenvue Inc. $35.9B 21.7× 18.6× +3.02% (above 0%: growing) +9.09% (above 0%: growing) +17.07% (above 0%: growing) 58.18% 17.67% Compare
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation $34.6B 18.0× 14.4× +0.62% (above 0%: growing) −32.03% (below 0%: shrinking) −4.79% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.27% 15.11% Compare
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. $24.5B 33.5× 26.3× +1.57% (above 0%: growing) +10.26% (above 0%: growing) +23.33% (above 0%: growing) 45.35% 18.07% Compare
CLX The Clorox Company $10.4B 18.1× 14.8× −2.01% (below 0%: shrinking) −50.37% (below 0%: shrinking) +11.42% (above 0%: growing) 41.27% 13.24% Compare
ELF e.l.f. Beauty $6.9B 113× 21.2× +35.52% (above 0%: growing) +91.53% (above 0%: growing) +447.39% (above 0%: growing) 83.20% 21.37% Compare
Median of peers $35.2B 22.6× 20.9× +2.29% +8.84% +9.65% 46.93% 16.39%

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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $2.3 billion, or $2.64 per share (basic), a net margin of 10.5%.
  • Strength: Colgate-Palmolive Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $20.4 billion, up 1.40% from fiscal 2024.
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) is a Household & Personal Products company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CL traded at $94.11, a market capitalization of $73.9 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 37.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 84% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Colgate-Palmolive Company pays an annual dividend of $2.63 per share, a yield of 2.79%, with a payout ratio of 104.4%.
  • Return on equity was 469.1% and debt-to-equity 13.88.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 6.51 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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