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.

Revenue
+4.64%
EPS
+7.42%
Free cash flow
−6.24%
Total debt
−8.35%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

98.63 0.13 −0.13%
Market cap
$78.5B
P/E
37.8×
Fwd P/E
26.3×
Dividend yield
2.14%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
6.51
Beneish M
−3.04
Dividend safety
66/100

Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades at a P/E ratio of 37.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.9× (November 2025) to 47.9× (September 2016); the current reading is higher than 86% of that period. That is above the Household & Personal Products industry median of 25.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 17.2×.

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
Sep 2026 32.7× (9.35%)
Jun 2026 36.1× 9.69%
Mar 2026 32.9× 9.52%
Dec 2025 30.0× 34.93%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 20.9× High 47.9×
Ten-year median 27.3×
Current reading's percentile 84

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
UL Unilever PLC compare 11.4×
CLX The Clorox Company compare 17.8×
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 18.8×
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 24.7×
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 25.5×
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 34.1×
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company 37.8×
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 76.1×
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 106×
Household & Personal Products industry median 25.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 17.2×
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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