Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products
Colgate-Palmolive Company CL
$84.26 -0.32% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $67.42B
High qualityExpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 30, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +3.5%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.52, down 29.1% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $21.05B, up 5.2% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 45%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 42%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 38%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 2%
- Gross marginTop 13%
- Operating marginTop 8%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 34%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 41%
- Interest coverTop 24%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 41%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 49%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 11%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 29%
- 6-month returnTop 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 30%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 44%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 35%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 2%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 39%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 18%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 41%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.3% | 5.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -27.3% | -29.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 60.6% | 60.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 21.8% | 20.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 16.9% | 18.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.2% | 4.3% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -29.1% | -27.3% | ↓ | Bottom 31% |
| Gross margin | 60.4% | 60.6% | ↓ | Top 13% |
| Operating margin | 20.7% | 21.8% | ↓ | Top 8% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 14.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.3% | 16.9% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 29.9% | — | Top 2% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.3% | — | Top 42% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.19×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -14.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.69×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 17.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.70%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.66%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.36%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $98.11
- Target vs current price
- +16.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 45
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 40%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | +4.5% | -0.3% | +1.5% | -0.7% | — |
| May 1, 2026 | +2.9% | +2.2% | +2.3% | +5.6% | +8.6% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | +4.2% | +5.9% | +11.3% | +16.3% | -1.3% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | +2.4% | +0.7% | +1.0% | +5.1% | +11.1% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | +2.6% | -0.4% | +1.0% | -0.5% | -7.0% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | +6.3% | +1.3% | -2.2% | -1.9% | -4.3% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | +1.1% | -4.6% | -5.7% | +0.3% | +0.1% |
| Oct 25, 2024 | +2.2% | -4.1% | -6.0% | -5.5% | -11.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.99 | $0.95 | +4.5% | $5.36B |
| May 1, 2026 | $0.97 | $0.94 | +2.9% | $5.32B |
| Jan 30, 2026 | $0.95 | $0.91 | +4.2% | $5.23B |
| Oct 31, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.89 | +2.4% | $5.13B |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.92 | $0.90 | +2.6% | $5.11B |
| Apr 25, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.86 | +6.3% | $4.91B |
| Jan 31, 2025 | $0.91 | $0.90 | +1.1% | $4.95B |
| Oct 25, 2024 | $0.91 | $0.89 | +2.2% | $5.03B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 33.4× | 30.9× | 67th | Bottom 41% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.3× | — | — | Bottom 29% |
| EV / Sales | 3.51× | — | — | Bottom 11% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.72% | — | — | Bottom 49% |
| Earnings yield | 3.00% | — | — | Bottom 41% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 21.6× – 42.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +6.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -29.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +54.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.8%
- RSI (14)
- 32.7
- Relative volume
- 1.22×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 18.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 50th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.19
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.15
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -15.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -31.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2024 | Nov 3, 2025 | -31.1% | 292 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Oct 10, 2022 | -20.6% | 467 days | 346 days (Feb 27, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $67.42B
- P/E (TTM)
- 33.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.52
- Revenue (TTM)
- $21.05B
- Dividend yield
- 3.12%
- 52-week range
- $74.55 – $99.33
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $17.42B | $17.97B | $19.46B | $20.10B | $20.38B |
| Gross profit | $10.29B | $10.15B | $11.25B | $12.11B | $12.25B |
| Operating income | $3.89B | $3.58B | $4.13B | $4.38B | $4.35B |
| Net income | $2.17B | $1.78B | $2.30B | $2.89B | $2.13B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.55 | $2.13 | $2.77 | $3.51 | $2.63 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.03B | $4.94B | $4.91B | $5.11B | $5.13B | $5.23B | $5.32B | $5.36B |
| Net income | $737.0M | $739.0M | $690.0M | $743.0M | $735.0M | -$37.0M | $646.0M | $693.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.90 | $0.90 | $0.85 | $0.91 | $0.91 | -$0.05 | $0.80 | $0.86 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.33B | $2.56B | $3.75B | $4.11B | $4.20B |
| Capital expenditure | -$567.0M | -$696.0M | -$705.0M | -$561.0M | -$564.0M |
| Free cash flow | $2.76B | $1.86B | $3.04B | $3.55B | $3.63B |
| Dividends paid | -$1.68B | -$1.69B | -$1.75B | -$1.79B | -$1.82B |
| Net share buybacks | -$1.32B | -$1.31B | -$1.13B | -$1.74B | -$1.11B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.37B
- Total assets
- $16.79B
- Total liabilities
- $16.22B
- Total debt
- $7.86B
- Net debt
- $6.49B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $236.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.53 | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $0.53 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | $0.53 | May 15, 2026 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | $0.52 | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Oct 17, 2025 | $0.52 | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | $0.52 | Aug 15, 2025 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | $0.52 | May 15, 2025 |
| Jan 21, 2025 | $0.50 | Feb 14, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 18,399,416
- Days to cover
- 3.99
- Change vs previous report
- +7.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 16, 2013
- 2-for-1
- Jul 1, 1999
- 2-for-1
- May 16, 1997
- 2-for-1
- May 16, 1991
- 2-for-1
- May 30, 1973
- 3-for-1