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.
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) P/B ratio
As of 16 October 2026, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades at a P/B ratio of 133×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (September 2019) to 3,905× (February 2017); the current reading is higher than 65% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 3.4× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.7×.
P/B ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 175× | 27.90% |
| FY2024 | 137× | 96.14% |
| FY2023 | 69.8× | (15.01%) |
| FY2022 | 82.1× | 10.57% |
| FY2021 | 74.3× | 11.60% |
| FY2020 | 66.5× | (37.21%) |
| FY2019 | 106× | (59.71%) |
| FY2018 | 263× | (3.53%) |
| FY2017 | 273× | (92.07%) |
| FY2016 | 3,438× | — |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/B ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 129× | (7.97%) |
| Mar 2026 | 141× | (19.64%) |
| Dec 2025 | 175× | 235.65% |
| Sep 2025 | 52.2× | (25.49%) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/B ratio against peers
| Company | P/B ratio |
|---|---|
| UL Unilever PLC compare | n/m |
| KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare | 3.4× |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | 5.7× |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare | 5.7× |
| PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare | 6.9× |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare | 10.0× |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare | 18.7× |
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | 42.2× |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Company | 133× |
| Household & Personal Products industry median | 3.4× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.7× |
| Market median | 1.7× |
What P/B ratio is
Price to Book Value tells an investor how much the market pays for a company’s shares relative to the accounting net worth that belongs to common shareholders.
Stock Price ÷ (Common Equity (Total) (latest quarter) ÷ Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter))
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