On Tuesday, Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL) opened higher 1.13% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $79.04. Price fluctuations for CL have ranged from $74.54 to $100.18 over the past 52 weeks.
Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Defensive sector was 5.01%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 1.51% at the time writing. With a float of $804.88 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $806.06 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 34000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor.
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 0.15%, while institutional ownership is 86.03%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 21 ’25, was worth 100,061. In this transaction Chief Human Resources Officer of this company sold 1,237 shares at a rate of $80.89, taking the stock ownership to the 13,751 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 15 ’25, when Company’s Chief Human Resources Officer sold 2,250 for $88.97, making the entire transaction worth $200,183. This insider now owns 12,583 shares in total.
Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL) Earnings and Forecasts
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 12/31/2024, the company posted 0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at 0.89) by 0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.94 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 1.51% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.40% during the next five years compared to 5.01% 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 0.60. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.21. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 18.71.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.57, a number that is poised to hit 0.91 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.83 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 5.61 million, its volume of 7.51 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 70.28%.
During the past 100 days, Colgate-Palmolive Co’s (CL) raw stochastic average was set at 40.19%, which indicates a significant decrease from 95.13% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.33 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 1.36 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $78.34, while its 200-day Moving Average is $85.54. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $80.38 in the near term. At $80.82, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $81.60. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $79.16, it is likely to go to the next support level at $78.38. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $77.93.
Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL) Key Stats
There are currently 806,065K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 64.43 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 20,101 M according to its annual income of 2,889 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 5,131 M and its income totaled 735,000 K.
