Which is more profitable, Colgate-Palmolive or PepsiCo?

Colgate-Palmolive keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Colgate-Palmolive or PepsiCo?

PepsiCo grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Colgate-Palmolive or PepsiCo?

PepsiCo costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Colgate-Palmolive or PepsiCo?

Colgate-Palmolive would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Colgate-Palmolive vs PepsiCo 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 more profitable and has less debt. PepsiCo grows faster and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Colgate-Palmolive	PepsiCo
	$79.2 billion	$198 billion
	10.5%	8.8%
	+4.4%	+5.9%
	37.2×	24.1×
	1.8 years	2.6 years
	31.3%	13.1%
	2.3%	3.9%

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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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