On Friday, Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL) opened higher 0.71% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $94.25. Price fluctuations for CL have ranged from $75.50 to $109.30 over the past 52 weeks.
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Consumer Defensive Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 4.62% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 10.97% at the time writing. With a float of $816.03 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $821.41 million.
The firm has a total of 34000 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 60.29%, operating margin of 22.48%, and the pretax margin is 19.65%.
Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Household & Personal Products industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Colgate-Palmolive Co is 0.12%, while institutional ownership is 84.27%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 22 ’24, was worth 3,166,635. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 05 ’24, when Company’s Chief Financial Officer sold 45,410 for $94.11, making the entire transaction worth $4,273,426. This insider now owns 36,726 shares in total.
Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL) Earnings and Forecasts
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 9/30/2024, the company posted 0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at 0.85) by 0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.93 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 10.97% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.45% during the next five years compared to 0.18% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.68. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.88. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 22.97.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.48, a number that is poised to hit 0.90 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.87 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL)
Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Colgate-Palmolive Co, CL], we can find that recorded value of 4.18 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 4.38 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 80.30%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.68.
During the past 100 days, Colgate-Palmolive Co’s (CL) raw stochastic average was set at 25.34%, which indicates a significant decrease from 90.62% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 24.44% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 17.91% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $98.10, while its 200-day Moving Average is $95.28. Now, the first resistance to watch is $95.40. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $95.88. The third major resistance level sits at $96.34. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $94.46, it is likely to go to the next support level at $94.01. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $93.53.
Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL) Key Stats
There are currently 817,011K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 78.10 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 19,457 M according to its annual income of 2,300 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 5,033 M and its income totaled 737,000 K.
