Colgate-Palmolive (CL)
Consumer Staples · Consumer packaged goods - oral care, personal care, home care, and pet nutrition
Global leader in oral care, personal care, home care, and premium pet nutrition with iconic brands sold in over 200 countries.
What Colgate-Palmolive does
Colgate-Palmolive is a diversified consumer staples company operating in two main segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care, and Pet Nutrition. In Oral, Personal and Home Care, the company holds global leadership positions in toothpaste, manual toothbrushes, and liquid hand soap, marketing products under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, Darlie, elmex, Tom's of Maine, Irish Spring, Softsoap, and Speed Stick across over 200 countries. Through its Hill's Pet Nutrition segment, the company is a leader in specialty pet nutrition for dogs and cats, selling under brands including Hill's Science Diet, Hill's Prescription Diet, and Prime100 in over 80 countries.
Themes: ["oral health","personal care","home care","pet nutrition","specialty pet food","global consumer brands","omni-channel distribution","AI and data analytics"]
Fundamentals
- Price$91.01 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$73.5B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-0.6% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E35.21 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+10.0% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+60.1% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+475.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity54.99 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+4.3% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+4.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.33 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +2.3%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Volatility in commodity prices for raw and packaging materials such as resins, essential oils, tropical oils, pulp, and agricultural inputs that could impact production costs and margins","Dependence on single-source or limited-supplier relationships for certain key raw and packaging materials, which could create supply chain disruptions","Concentrated customer base with Walmart and affiliates representing approximately 11% of net sales, creating revenue concentration risk"]
Competitors & peers
- Procter & Gamble (PG)
- Henkel
- Church & Dwight
- Reckitt Benckiser
- Clorox
- Unilever
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.