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Colgate Palmolive Co (CL) stock

CLNYSEPerfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet PreparationsFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 30, 2026Score 9/3028% above fair value
$97.90−0.10 (-0.10%)

Close on Nov 12, 2026Market cap $77.82BP/E 38.4Yield 2.12%

Colgate Palmolive statistics

109 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.

Important dates

Next earnings
Jan 29, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
Last ex-dividend date
Jul 20, 2026
Fundamentals through
Sep 30, 2026
Share price as of
Nov 12, 2026

Valuation ratiosIndustry

Market Cap
$77.82B
$280.48M
Enterprise Value
$83.83B
$148.62M
PE Ratio
38.39
24.95
PS Ratio
3.66
3.60
PB Ratio
270.22
2.05
P/FCF Ratio
20.54
18.26
P/OCF Ratio
17.82
12.93

Enterprise valuationIndustry

EV / Sales
3.94
2.60
EV / EBITDA
22.04
16.52
EV / EBIT
26.53
18.72
EV / FCF
22.13
22.07

Share statisticsIndustry

Shares Outstanding
795M
58M
Shares Change (YoY)
-1.41%
10.9%
Float
794M
49M
Shares Held by Insiders
0.15%
12.1%
Shares Held by Institutions
85.6%
56.4%

Short sellingIndustry

Short Interest
19M
–
Short Interest Change
6.52%
-0.76%
Short % of Float
2.34%
9.06%
Short % of Shares Outstanding
2.33%
6.30%
Days to Cover
3.75
5.13

Stock price statisticsIndustry

52-Week High
$101.18
–
52-Week Low
$75.96
–
20-Day Moving Average
$95.56
–
50-Day Moving Average
$90.77
–
200-Day Moving Average
$90.24
–
Average True Range (14)
$2.13
–
Price Change (1 Week)
-0.80%
1.51%
Price Change (1 Month)
5.52%
-2.37%
Price Change (3 Months)
6.47%
-21.1%
Price Change (6 Months)
10.2%
-22.8%
Price Change (YTD)
23.9%
-22.6%
Price Change (1 Year)
23.2%
-21.0%
Price Change (3 Years)
28.9%
-24.8%
Price Change (5 Years)
25.5%
-76.9%
Price Change (10 Years)
45.2%
-63.2%
Average Volume (10 Days)
5M
–
Average Volume (20 Days)
5M
–
Average Volume (90 Days)
5M
–
Relative Volume
0.66
0.80
Relative Strength Index (14)
61.2
44.7
Volatility (1 Year)
23.5%
80.2%
Beta (5 Years)
0.28
1.07

MarginsIndustry

Gross Margin
60.6%
53.0%
Operating Margin
14.8%
-38.5%
Pretax Margin
13.9%
-11.8%
Profit Margin
9.65%
-31.7%
EBITDA Margin
17.9%
-27.7%
FCF Margin
17.8%
-8.85%

Returns on capitalIndustry

Return on Equity (ROE)
358.9%
-51.3%
Return on Assets (ROA)
12.0%
-40.7%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
36.1%
-32.9%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
31.3%
-38.1%

Financial positionIndustry

Current Ratio
0.96
3.31
Quick Ratio
0.52
2.41
Debt / Equity
24.94
0.50
Debt / EBITDA
1.89
3.15
Debt / FCF
1.90
4.68
Net Debt / EBITDA
1.49
1.97
Interest Coverage
12.64
-6.35

GrowthIndustry

Revenue Growth (YoY)
5.91%
7.26%
Net Income Growth (YoY)
-29.4%
-14.4%
EPS Growth (YoY)
-28.6%
-11.7%
FCF Growth (YoY)
10.0%
7.48%
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
4.29%
2.25%
Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
4.35%
6.41%
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
7.28%
-0.17%
EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
-3.48%
3.77%

EfficiencyIndustry

Asset Turnover
1.24
0.40
Inventory Turnover
3.91
2.73
Revenue Per Employee
$633.45K
$429.38K
Profits Per Employee
$61.10K
-$683.67K
Employee Count
33,600
75
WACC
7.06%
10.0%

Income statement (TTM)Industry

Revenue
$21.28B
$66.69M
Gross Profit
$12.90B
$116.10M
Operating Income
$3.16B
-$20.99M
Pretax Income
$2.97B
-$13.23M
Net Income
$2.05B
-$21.61M
EBITDA
$3.80B
-$16.85M
EPS (Diluted)
$2.55
-$0.75

Balance sheetIndustry

Cash & Short-Term Investments
$1.53B
$67.18M
Total Debt
$7.18B
$116.91M
Net Cash (Debt)
-$5.66B
$16.98M
Net Cash Per Share
-$7.12
$0.72
Equity (Book Value)
$288.00M
$52.68M
Book Value Per Share
$0.36
$1.50
Tangible Book Value
-$4.26B
$26.74M
Working Capital
-$282.00M
$78.52M

Cash flow (TTM)Industry

Operating Cash Flow
$4.37B
-$12.27M
Capital Expenditures
-$577.00M
-$944.00K
Free Cash Flow
$3.79B
-$18.20M
FCF Per Share
$4.77
-$0.42

Dividends and yieldsIndustry

Earnings Yield
2.64%
-21.0%
FCF Yield
4.87%
-9.44%
Dividend Yield
2.12%
1.88%
Buyback Yield
1.71%
-0.73%
Shareholder Yield
3.84%
0.00%
Dividend Per Share
$2.08
$0.83
Dividend Growth (YoY)
-16.1%
2.37%
Years of Dividend Growth
0
0

Taxes and interestIndustry

Interest Expense
$250.00M
$2.97M
Income Tax
$795.00M
$74.00K
Effective Tax Rate
26.8%
20.9%

Scores and fair valueIndustry

Graham Number
$4.56
$19.34
Graham Upside
-95.3%
-46.3%
Altman Z-Score
7.07
0.26
Piotroski F-Score
6
4
Beneish M-Score
-2.98
-2.62

Total return vs. the S&P 500

Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 12, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.

PeriodCLS&P 500DifferenceCL per yearS&P 500 per year
1 month+8.8%-2.7%+11.5 pts
3 months+6.0%-1.7%+7.8 pts
Year to date+26.1%+11.9%+14.3 pts
1 year+26.9%+12.0%+14.9 pts
3 years+38.3%+78.2%−39.8 pts+11.4%+21.2%
5 years+40.5%+73.2%−32.7 pts+7.0%+11.6%
10 years+82.9%+309.6%−226.8 pts+6.2%+15.1%

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.

19M CL shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, up 6.5% from the previous report, or 2.34% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 3.8 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 54.0% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.

Settlement dateShares shortChangeAvg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202618,543,803+6.5%4,946,9993.8
Oct 15, 202617,408,859-27.6%4,933,7983.5
Sep 30, 202624,041,443+30.7%6,000,0904.0
Sep 15, 202618,399,416+7.2%4,606,5434.0
Aug 31, 202617,171,315-2.2%4,116,4364.2
Aug 14, 202617,557,432-1.2%4,342,7874.0
Jul 31, 202617,767,107+6.3%4,627,4003.8
Jul 15, 202616,716,514-4.6%4,332,1043.9
Jun 30, 202617,529,142-14.6%6,122,5232.9
Jun 15, 202620,530,776-2.9%5,430,7383.8
May 29, 202621,136,595+6.6%5,092,5364.2
May 15, 202619,836,043+15.0%5,394,7463.7

Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.

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