NYSE:CL - Colgate-Palmolive Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Colgate-Palmolive trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CL."

Colgate-Palmolive declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 10th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, February 15th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 22nd. View Colgate-Palmolive's Dividend History.

Colgate-Palmolive declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Monday, June 18th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $5,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 26th. The company reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72. The company had revenue of $3.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.89 billion. Colgate-Palmolive had a net margin of 13.55% and a return on equity of 12,004.60%. The business's revenue was down 3.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.73 EPS. View Colgate-Palmolive's Earnings History.

Colgate-Palmolive is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Colgate-Palmolive.

Colgate-Palmolive will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 25th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Colgate-Palmolive's stock. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $79.00. On average, they expect Colgate-Palmolive's share price to reach $66.7857 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Colgate-Palmolive.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Colgate-Palmolive in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Colgate-Palmolive.

Media coverage about CL stock has been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Colgate-Palmolive earned a daily sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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Colgate-Palmolive's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.18%), Packer & Co Ltd (0.14%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.11%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), BTIM Corp. (0.07%) and Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.06%). Company insiders that own Colgate-Palmolive stock include Daniel B Marsili, Dennis J Hickey, Ellen M Hancock, Franck J Moison, Helene D Gayle, Henning I Jakobsen, Ian M Cook, Jennifer Daniels, John J Huston, John T Cahill, Justin Skala, Mukul Deoras, Noel R Wallace, Patricia Verduin, Philip G Shotts, Richard J Kogan, Stephen I Sadove and Victoria L Dolan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Colgate-Palmolive.

CL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Bath Savings Trust Co, Wendell David Associates Inc., Boston Advisors LLC, Bristlecone Advisors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Personal Capital Advisors Corp and Private Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Colgate-Palmolive company stock in the last year include Daniel B Marsili, Dennis J Hickey, Ellen M Hancock, Franck J Moison, Helene D Gayle, Henning I Jakobsen, Ian M Cook, John J Huston, John T Cahill, Justin Skala, Mukul Deoras, Noel R Wallace, Patricia Verduin and Philip G Shotts. View Insider Buying and Selling for Colgate-Palmolive.

CL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Packer & Co Ltd, USS Investment Management Ltd, Rockland Trust Co., Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, Virtu Financial LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Deane Retirement Strategies Inc. and Confluence Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Colgate-Palmolive.

Shares of CL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.00.

Colgate-Palmolive has a market capitalization of $53.96 billion and generates $15.45 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.02 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.87 on an earnings per share basis. Colgate-Palmolive employs 35,900 workers across the globe.

The official website for Colgate-Palmolive is http://www.colgate.com/en-us/en/us/oc.

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]