Valuation

CLColgate-Palmolive

StockNYSEUnited StatesConsumer staplesEU retail investors: available

+1.4% today · +27.3% over a year

8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 81% of the instruments we score

Quality, Stability: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 37.9). Dividend yield 2.69%.

Colgate-Palmolive (CL) valuation against sector peers: P/E 37.9 (sector median 23.5), P/B 270.3, EV/EBIT 26.5, free-cash-flow yield 4.9%, P/S 3.7.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Consumer staples companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricCLSector medianvs median
P/E37.923.5 · n=7162% above
P/B270.32.2 · n=8311,974% above
P/S3.70.8 · n=89338% above
EV/EBIT26.520.4 · n=6730% above
Free-cash-flow yield4.9%5.2% · n=877% below
Dividend yield2.69%1.73% · n=9756% above
Return on equity358.9%10.8% · n=883,219% above
Return on invested capital36.1%8.6% · n=88320% above
Gross margin60.6%32.5% · n=9586% above
Net debt / EBITDA1.491.74 · n=7715% below

Value factor: 23 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

WMTWalmart45.210.132.01.4%0.8%6/10
COSTCostco Wholesale51.213.239.12.0%0.5%8/10
KOCoca-Cola28.211.128.93.5%2.2%9/10
PGProcter & Gamble24.87.120.93.9%3.2%8/10
PMPhilip Morris28.2—20.64.5%3.1%10/10
PEPPepsiCo23.59.520.64.0%4.1%6/10
MOAltria Group15.6—13.37.2%5.7%10/10
MNSTMonster Beverage41.19.131.32.2%0.0%6/10
MDLZMondelez20.63.219.14.3%3.0%6/10
TGTTarget17.24.214.25.9%4.1%9/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Sep 2026 · filed 30 Oct 2026