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) P/E ratio

As of 25 September 2026, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades at a P/E ratio of 33.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.9× (November 2025) to 47.9× (September 2016); the current reading is higher than 78% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 22.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 16.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

Annual

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

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

Against its own ten years

Low 20.9× High 47.9×
Ten-year median 27.3×
Current reading's percentile 78

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
UL Unilever PLC compare 10.5×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 16.7×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 17.4×
KVUE Kenvue Inc. compare 20.5×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 21.6×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 30.9×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 33.9×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 99.5×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 185×
Household & Personal Products industry median 22.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 16.7×
Market median 17.9×

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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