Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) Stock

About Colgate-Palmolive Company

Colgate-Palmolive Company is led by CEO Noel R. Wallace, employs 34,000 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 1973.

Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) stock trades at $94.11 with a market capitalization of $75.02B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.83, price-to-book of 290.47, price-to-sales of 3.27. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $74.55 and $99.33, and currently trades 5.3% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.46%.

On profitability, Colgate-Palmolive Company generates a return on equity (ROE) of 631.14%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 40.84%, an operating margin of 21.33%, a net profit margin of 9.68%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Colgate-Palmolive Company reported annual revenue of $20.4B, net profit of $2.1B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 4.4%, and net profit declined at an average annual rate of 4.6%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.29 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.02, total assets of $16.3B, $1.3B in cash and equivalents.

CL has a beta of 0.32 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

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