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Colgate-Palmolive – Unveiling the Facts

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Colgate-Palmolive Company has logged a 0.6% change today on a trading volume of 252,136. The average volume for the stock is 4,336,443.

Colgate-Palmolive Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products worldwide. Based in New York, United States the company has 33,800 full time employees and a market cap of $62,530,990,080. Colgate-Palmolive Company currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.5% per year.

The company is now trading -6.24% away from its average analyst target price of $81.0 per share. The 18 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $66.0 to $90.0, and on average give Colgate-Palmolive Company a rating of buy.

Over the last 52 weeks, CL stock has risen 2.0%, which amounts to a -13.0% difference compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $82.09 whereas its 52 week low is $67.62 per share. With its net margins declining an average -9.2% over the last 6 years, Colgate-Palmolive Company may not have a strong enough profitability trend to support its stock price.

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Net Profit ($ k) Net Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023 18,676,000 1,673,000 9 -18.18
2022 17,967,000 1,967,000 11 -15.38
2021 17,421,000 2,338,000 13 -23.53
2020 16,471,000 2,860,000 17 6.25
2019 15,693,000 2,527,000 16 0.0
2018 15,544,000 2,558,000 16
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