At the time of writing, Colgate-Palmolive Co [CL] stock is trading at $79.73, up 0.99%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The CL shares have gain 2.53% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.17%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Colgate-Palmolive Co [NYSE: CL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 11, 2025, when Argus downgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its rating to Outperform on December 09, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $88. Stifel downgraded its rating to a Hold and decreased its price target to $101 on October 28, 2024. Piper Sandler initiated its recommendation with an Overweight and recommended $121 as its price target on September 24, 2024. Wells Fargo downgraded its rating to Underweight for this stock on September 16, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $100. In a note dated September 09, 2024, Deutsche Bank downgraded a Hold rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $107 to $109.
For the past year, the stock price of Colgate-Palmolive Co fluctuated between $74.54 and $100.18. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $87.25 within the next 12 months. Colgate-Palmolive Co [NYSE: CL] shares were valued at $79.73 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.43% based on the average CL price forecast.
Analyzing the CL fundamentals
According to Colgate-Palmolive Co [NYSE:CL], the company’s sales were 20.10B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 1.95% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.6% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.2%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.17, Equity is 5.45 and Total Capital is 0.4. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 9.84.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 79.10 points at the first support level, and at 78.48 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 80.24, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 80.76.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Colgate-Palmolive Co [NYSE:CL] has a current ratio of 0.93. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.60 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.2. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.20, the price to book ratio is 75.08 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.34.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Massey Sally, Chief Human Resources Officer, that happened on Nov 21 ’25 when 1237.0 shares were sold. Chief Human Resources Officer, Massey Sally completed a deal on May 15 ’25 to sell 2250.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Human Resources Officer Massey Sally sold 8000.0 shares on Feb 25 ’25.
