profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Colgate-Palmolive
$99.67+1.81% today
+26.5% in 1 year
1-year low $76.111-year high $99.67
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $37.16 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Colgate-Palmolive sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $18.0 billion in 2022 to $20.4 billion in 2025, with $2.13 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Colgate-Palmolive handed back 83% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $1.2B$1.8B
Free cash flow 2025$3.6B
Bought back its own shares$1.2B
Paid as dividends$1.8B
Cash vs. debt$1.3B vs. $8.6B
Colgate-Palmolive vs. similar companies
Colgate-Palmolive grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate-Palmolive | 37.2× · Expensive | ||
 Procter & Gamble | 24.5× · Fair price | ||
 L'Oréal | 39.3× · Expensive | ||
 Unilever | 13.7× · Cheap | ||
 Kimberly-Clark | 33.2× · Expensive |
Compare Colgate-Palmolive with British American Tobacco p.l.c. · Costco · Coca-Cola · Mondelez International · Monster Beverage · Altria Group · PepsiCo · Procter & Gamble
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Colgate-Palmolive's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16,471 | 17,421 | 17,967 | 19,457 | 20,101 | 20,382 | |
| 10,017 | 10,375 | 10,248 | 11,326 | 12,161 | 12,251 | |
| – | – | 3,617 | 4,085 | 4,330 | 4,233 | |
| 4,370 | 3,763 | 3,372 | 4,246 | 4,853 | 3,956 | |
| 2,695 | 2,166 | 1,785 | 2,300 | 2,889 | 2,132 | |
| 3.14 | 2.55 | 2.13 | 2.77 | 3.51 | 2.63 | |
| 60.8% | 59.6% | 57.0% | 58.2% | 60.5% | 60.1% | |
| – | – | 20.1% | 21.0% | 21.5% | 20.8% | |
| 16.4% | 12.4% | 9.9% | 11.8% | 14.4% | 10.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 15,920 | 15,040 | 15,731 | 16,393 | 16,046 | 16,330 |
| Cash | 888 | 832 | 775 | 966 | 1,096 | 1,288 |
| Total debt | 7,956 | 7,794 | 9,271 | 9,064 | 8,512 | 8,554 |
| Total liabilities | 14,819 | 14,069 | 14,925 | 15,436 | 15,502 | 15,965 |
| 743 | 609 | 401 | 609 | 212 | 54 | |
| 859 | 848 | 839 | 829 | 823 | 811 | |
| 34.8% | 30.2% | 23.1% | 30.0% | 38.5% | 30.5% | |
| 362.7% | 355.7% | 445.1% | 377.7% | 1,362.7% | 3,948.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,719 | 3,325 | 2,556 | 3,745 | 4,107 | 4,198 | |
| 409 | 567 | 696 | 705 | 561 | 564 | |
| 3,310 | 2,758 | 1,860 | 3,040 | 3,546 | 3,634 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | 1,691 | 1,749 | 1,789 | 1,823 |
| 1,476 | 1,320 | 1,308 | 1,128 | 1,739 | 1,210 | |
| 107 | 135 | 125 | 122 | 135 | 155 |
Valuation
- 37.2×
- 26.2×
- –
- 1,407.6×
- 3.9×
- 21.8×
- 21.9×
- 4.6%
- 2.7%
- 2.3%
Profitability
- 60.1%
- 20.8%
- 10.5%
- 18.8%
- 31.3%
- 31.3%
- 475.1%
- 12.6%
- 41.3%
- –
Growth
- +4.4%
- −3.5%
- +2.5%
- +3.3%
- −1.1%
Financial health
- 1.8×
- 158.41
- 48.0%
- 12.5×
- 0.83
- 0.67
- 1.25
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 5%of 669
Top 17%of 672
Bottom 15%of 623
Bottom 41%of 671
Bottom 48%of 666
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $93.67
- Range
- $79.00 – $102.00
- 7 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | 0.97 | 0.94 | +2.9% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 0.95 | 0.91 | +4.2% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 0.91 | 0.89 | +2.4% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 0.92 | 0.90 | +2.6% |
| Apr 25, 2025 | 0.91 | 0.86 | +6.3% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 0.91 | 0.90 | +1.1% |
| Oct 25, 2024 | 0.91 | 0.89 | +2.2% |
| Jul 26, 2024 | 0.91 | 0.87 | +4.6% |
2.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$23a year at today's yield, before tax
+3.3%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.50 in 2015 → $2.06 in 2025
How safe it looks
85.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 50.2%
News
Here’s Why Dividend Kings Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, and Colgate-Palmolive Are Hitting 52-Week Highs Following Midterm Election ResultsYahoo Finance · Nov 4, 2026Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
66Pass
Benjamin Graham
42No pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
24No pass
Joel Greenblatt
41No pass
Charlie Munger
75Pass
Terry Smith
76Pass
Questions about Colgate-Palmolive
Is Colgate-Palmolive a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Colgate-Palmolive AI analysis
What does Colgate-Palmolive do?
Colgate-Palmolive Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care; and Pet Nutrition. It is in Household & Personal Products, based in New York, NY, United States, with 33,600 employees.
Does Colgate-Palmolive pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.3% a year, about 86% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.82 billion in dividends.
Is Colgate-Palmolive stock halal?
Yes. Colgate-Palmolive passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 11% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Colgate-Palmolive stock done over the past year?
Up 26.5% over the past twelve months, to $99.67. It traded between $76.11 and $99.67, close to its high.
Who are Colgate-Palmolive's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Unilever and Kimberly-Clark. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Colgate-Palmolive's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.