On Monday, Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL) opened higher 0.86% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $86.36. Price fluctuations for CL have ranged from $79.69 to $109.30 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Consumer Defensive sector saw sales topped by 5.54%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 10.76% at the time writing. With a float of $816.09 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $817.01 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 34000 workers is very important to gauge. 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 Updates
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 0.11%, while institutional ownership is 84.45%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 26 ’24, was worth 101,121. In this transaction EVP and Controller of this company sold 1,054 shares at a rate of $95.94, taking the stock ownership to the 9,620 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 22 ’24, when Company’s Chairman, President & CEO sold 33,333 for $95.00, making the entire transaction worth $3,166,635. This insider now owns 270,689 shares in total.
Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 10.76% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.47% 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 3.54. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 20.93.
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 3.83 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL)
The latest stats from [Colgate-Palmolive Co, CL] show that its last 5-days average volume of 6.16 million was superior to 5.3 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 12.94%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.40.
During the past 100 days, Colgate-Palmolive Co’s (CL) raw stochastic average was set at 5.25%, which indicates a significant decrease from 16.90% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 13.90% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 17.02% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $92.65, while its 200-day Moving Average is $96.19. Now, the first resistance to watch is $87.62. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $88.14. The third major resistance level sits at $88.78. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $86.45, it is likely to go to the next support level at $85.81. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $85.29.
Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL) Key Stats
There are currently 817,011K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 71.16 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.
