Colgate-Palmolive Stock Forecast, Price & News

Colgate-Palmolive's stock was trading at $68.90 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CL shares have increased by 14.1% and is now trading at $78.61.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Colgate-Palmolive in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Colgate-Palmolive stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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195 employees have rated Colgate-Palmolive CEO Noel Wallace on Glassdoor.com. Noel Wallace has an approval rating of 95% among Colgate-Palmolive's employees. This puts Noel Wallace in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Colgate-Palmolive is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 29th 2021.
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Colgate-Palmolive will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 4th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.09. The business earned $4.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4 billion. Colgate-Palmolive had a net margin of 16.65% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 383.88%. Colgate-Palmolive's revenue for the quarter was up 5.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.71 EPS.
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Colgate-Palmolive declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 25th will be given a dividend of $0.44 per share on Tuesday, February 16th. This represents a $1.76 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 22nd.
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Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.25%. Colgate-Palmolive has been increasing its dividend for 59 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Colgate-Palmolive is 62.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Colgate-Palmolive will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.99% next year. This indicates that Colgate-Palmolive will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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14 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Colgate-Palmolive's shares. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Colgate-Palmolive's stock price to reach $78.46 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.2%.
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Colgate-Palmolive trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CL."

Colgate-Palmolive's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.38%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.17%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.06%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.06%) and Welch Group LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Colgate-Palmolive stock include Daniel B Marsili, Dennis J Hickey, Helene D Gayle, Henning I Jakobsen, Ian M Cook, Jennifer Daniels, John J Huston, John T Cahill, John W Kooyman, Justin Skala, Michael B Polk, Noel R Wallace, Panagiotis Tsourapas, Patricia Verduin, Philip G Shotts, Prabha Parameswaran, Sally Massey and Stephen I Sadove.
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CL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LGT Capital Partners LTD., Sarasin & Partners LLP, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Hexavest Inc., Confluence Investment Management LLC, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, and Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Colgate-Palmolive company stock in the last year include Daniel B Marsili, Helene D Gayle, Henning I Jakobsen, Ian M Cook, Jennifer Daniels, John J Huston, John T Cahill, John W Kooyman, Michael B Polk, Noel R Wallace, Panagiotis Tsourapas, Patricia Verduin, Philip G Shotts, and Sally Massey.
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CL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including KAMES CAPITAL plc, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Pendal Group Limited, Sound Financial Strategies Group LLC, Bellecapital International Ltd., Vigilant Capital Management LLC, and Bath Savings Trust Co.
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Shares of CL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $78.61.

Colgate-Palmolive has a market capitalization of $67.38 billion and generates $15.69 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.83 on an earnings per share basis. Colgate-Palmolive employs 34,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Colgate-Palmolive is www.colgatepalmolive.com.

Colgate-Palmolive's mailing address is 300 PARK AVE, NEW YORK NY, 10022. The company can be reached via phone at 212-310-2000 or via email at [email protected]