Colgate-Palmolive Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Colgate-Palmolive in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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Colgate-Palmolive saw a drop in short interest during the month of February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 6,980,000 shares, a drop of 19.3% from the January 28th total of 8,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,970,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Colgate-Palmolive is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 7th 2021.
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Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) posted its earnings results on Thursday, January, 28th. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.01. The firm earned $4.32 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.15 billion. Colgate-Palmolive had a net margin of 16.65% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 383.88%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.73 EPS.
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Colgate-Palmolive's stock was trading at $68.90 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CL shares have increased by 11.0% and is now trading at $76.45.
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Colgate-Palmolive declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 14th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.30%. The ex-dividend date 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 2.31%. 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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Colgate-Palmolive issued an update on its FY 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, January, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $17.13-17.624 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $16.96 billion.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Colgate-Palmolive's shares. Their forecasts range from $76.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect Colgate-Palmolive's stock price to reach $81.91 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price.
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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.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.78%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.18%), Northern Trust Corp (1.22%), Norges Bank (1.02%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.80%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (0.72%). Company insiders that own Colgate-Palmolive stock include Daniel B Marsili, 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 BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Alliancebernstein L.P., and The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company . Company insiders that have sold Colgate-Palmolive company stock in the last year include Daniel B Marsili, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, American International Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Lazard Freres Gestion S.A.S., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, KAMES CAPITAL plc, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
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One share of CL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $76.45.

Colgate-Palmolive has a market capitalization of $64.87 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.

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Colgate-Palmolive was founded in 1806.

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

Colgate-Palmolive is headquartered at 300 PARK AVE, NEW YORK NY, 10022.

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]