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Global oral, personal and home care company behind Colgate toothpaste, Palmolive soap and Hill's pet food.
Global oral, personal and home care company behind Colgate toothpaste, Palmolive soap and Hill's pet food.
Sells everyday toothpaste, soap and cleaners through supermarkets, pharmacies and increasingly online, and Hill's pet food through vets and pet-specialty stores, where a veterinarian's recommendation sells the product. Most sales are outside the US, with Latin America and Asia large regions.
Moat: wide (brand, scale, distribution). Global oral-care category leadership and deep emerging-market distribution built over a century.
Headquarters: New York, New York, US · Founded: 1806 · Employees: 33,600
Size Colgate-Palmolive (CL) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Household/Personal Care) with a market value of $76.8B, the 177th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $96.56 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.3%, against +21.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 13 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.9% over the last twelve months (peer median -1.8%); the operating margin is 21.7% (peer median 16.1%).
Valuation It trades at 24.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 25.9× (6th cheapest of 13).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -5% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 45.1 points above its cost of capital (6.3% WACC).
Credit Colgate-Palmolive has 12 bonds outstanding ($6.04B), rated A+ by the agencies and trading like AAA at a weighted spread of 42 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 2.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 22 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $21.3B | $20.4B | $20.1B | $19.5B | $18.0B |
| Revenue growth | — | +1% | +3% | +8% | — |
| Gross profit | $12.9B | $12.2B | $12.1B | $11.3B | $10.2B |
| EBITDA | $5.26B | $4.91B | $4.99B | $4.71B | $4.13B |
| Net income | $2.05B | $2.13B | $2.89B | $2.30B | $1.78B |
| Free cash flow | $3.79B | $3.63B | $3.55B | $3.04B | $1.86B |
| Capital expenditure | $577M | $564M | $561M | $705M | $696M |
| Total debt | $7.72B | $8.55B | $8.51B | $9.06B | $9.27B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate-Palmolive CL | $76.8B | +10% | +6% | 22% | 24.2× | -5.5% |
| Procter & Gamble PG | $383B | +13% | +4% | 24% | 23.4× | -0.3% |
| Unilever ULVR.L | $143B | +15% | -20% | 20% | 18.4× | 8.0% |
| Church & Dwight CHD | $25.8B | +17% | +2% | 18% | 27.4× | 6.9% |
| Haleon HLN.L | $40.1B | +1% | +1% | 23% | 16.3× | 4.6% |
| Nestle NESN.SW | $266B | +11% | -2% | 16% | 19.0× | 1.3% |
| General Mills GIS | $19.0B | +2% | -4% | 15% | 11.4× | -6.7% |
| Henkel AG & Co. KGaA HEN.DE | $35.4B | +25% | -3% | 15% | 13.6× | -1.9% |
| Reckitt Benckiser RKT.L | $47.6B | +22% | -2% | 28% | 16.4× | 1.6% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | CL | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +9.6% | +10.8% | 4th lowest of 13 |
| 6-month return | +10.3% | +21.5% | 2nd lowest of 13 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -4.6% | -6.1% | 5th highest of 13 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.9% | -1.8% | 4th highest of 13 |
| Operating margin | 21.7% | 16.1% | 2nd highest of 13 |
| Forward P/E | 24.2× | 25.9× | 6th cheapest of 13 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -5.5% | 7.4% | least demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.4% | +3.0% | 5th highest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -9.8 pp | +7.1 pp | least demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +45.1 pp | +6.4 pp | highest of 13 |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.8× | 18.7× | 6th cheapest of 13 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.2× | 1.6× | 5th least indebted of 13 |
| Bond spread | 42 bp | 68 bp | tightest of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate-Palmolive CL | United States | $76.8B | +10% | +6% | 22% | 24.2× | -5.5% | +4.4% |
| Kimberly-Clark KMB | United States | $66.5B | +12% | -12% | 14% | 15.3× | 4.1% | -3.0% |
| Hindustan Unilever HINDUNILVR.NS | India | $49.6B | -12% | +6% | 21% | 41.5× | 27.2% | +6.5% |
| Reckitt Benckiser RKT.L | United Kingdom | $47.6B | +22% | -2% | 28% | 16.4× | 1.6% | +0.3% |
| Givaudan GIVN.SW | Switzerland | $45.8B | +47% | -2% | 18% | 34.0× | 10.6% | +3.4% |
| Unilever ULVR.L | United Kingdom | $143B | +15% | -20% | 20% | 18.4× | 8.0% | -0.8% |
| Estée Lauder Companies (The) EL | United States | $39.9B | +28% | +6% | 13% | 31.1× | 16.8% | -1.5% |
| DSM-Firmenich DSFIR.AS | Netherlands | $29.5B | +62% | -45% | 8% | 30.1× | 24.3% | +2.5% |
| Church & Dwight CHD | United States | $25.8B | +17% | +2% | 18% | 27.4× | 6.9% | +4.8% |
| L'Oreal OR.PA | France | $268B | +25% | +3% | 21% | 32.8× | 18.1% | +9.5% |
| Kao 4452.T | Japan | $21.8B | +33% | +6% | 10% | 24.4× | 1.5% | +4.1% |
| Beiersdorf BEI.DE | Germany | $20.4B | +21% | -2% | 12% | 22.6× | -2.3% | +7.0% |
| Essity ESSITY-A.ST | Sweden | $19.9B | +17% | -2% | 12% | 15.4× | -3.3% | +2.6% |
Colgate-Palmolive has 12 bonds outstanding with $6.04B face value. The agencies rate it A+; its bonds trade like AAA. Weighted yield 4.56%, a spread of 42 bp over government bonds.