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/E ratio
As of 16 October 2026, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades at a P/E ratio of 37.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.9× (November 2025) to 47.9× (September 2016); the current reading is higher than 85% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 23.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.1×.
P/E ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 30.0× | 16.67% |
| FY2024 | 25.8× | (10.99%) |
| FY2023 | 28.9× | (21.76%) |
| FY2022 | 37.0× | 10.92% |
| FY2021 | 33.3× | 22.41% |
| FY2020 | 27.2× | 8.79% |
| FY2019 | 25.0× | 15.66% |
| FY2018 | 21.6× | (34.04%) |
| FY2017 | 32.8× | 37.18% |
| FY2016 | 23.9× | (45.07%) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 36.1× | 9.69% |
| Mar 2026 | 32.9× | 9.52% |
| Dec 2025 | 30.0× | 34.93% |
| Sep 2025 | 22.3× | (12.30%) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/E ratio against peers
| Company | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| UL Unilever PLC compare | 11.2× |
| KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare | 18.0× |
| CLX The Clorox Company compare | 18.1× |
| KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare | 21.7× |
| PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare | 23.5× |
| CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare | 33.5× |
| CL Colgate-Palmolive Company | 37.1× |
| ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare | 113× |
| EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare | 205× |
| Household & Personal Products industry median | 23.5× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 18.1× |
| Market median | 18.1× |
What P/E ratio is
Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.
Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)
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