Colgate-Palmolive Company CL

86.06 0.74 0.87% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$68.3B
P/E
33.9×
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) EV/EBITDA

As of 25 September 2026, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 16.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.3× (October 2018) to 22.4× (September 2016); the current reading is higher than 32% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 12.3× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.4×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

Annual

Period EV/EBITDA Change
FY2025 14.5× (12.85%)
FY2024 16.7× 2.12%
FY2023 16.3× (8.36%)
FY2022 17.8× 1.31%
FY2021 17.6× (2.32%)
FY2020 18.0× 11.47%
FY2019 16.2× 16.50%
FY2018 13.9× (19.62%)
FY2017 17.3× 17.60%
FY2016 14.7× (27.63%)

Quarterly

Period EV/EBITDA Change
Jun 2026 17.0× 7.70%
Mar 2026 15.8× 8.58%
Dec 2025 14.5× (0.96%)
Sep 2025 14.7× (11.71%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 13.3× High 22.4×
Ten-year median 16.5×
Current reading's percentile 32

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
UL Unilever PLC compare 0.8×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 11.8×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 12.1×
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 12.6×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 16.0×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 16.0×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 18.4×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 24.1×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 28.9×
Household & Personal Products industry median 12.3×
Consumer Defensive sector median 9.4×
Market median 11.0×

What EV/EBITDA is

Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)

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