Which is more profitable, Colgate-Palmolive or Monster Beverage?

Monster Beverage keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Colgate-Palmolive or Monster Beverage?

Monster Beverage grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Colgate-Palmolive or Monster Beverage?

Colgate-Palmolive costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Colgate-Palmolive or Monster Beverage?

Monster Beverage would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Colgate-Palmolive vs Monster Beverage stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Colgate-Palmolive is cheaper for its profits. Monster Beverage is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Colgate-Palmolive	Monster Beverage
	$79.2 billion	$90.9 billion
	10.5%	23.0%
	+4.4%	+12.5%
	37.2×	47.7×
	1.8 years	Net cash
	31.3%	23.7%
	2.3%	–

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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