Shares of Consumer Discretionary sector company Colgate-Palmolive Company moved 0.1% today, and are now trading at a price of $78.13. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 3,370,650 compared to its average volume of 4,641,098. The S&P 500 index returned a 1.0% performance.
Colgate-Palmolive Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products worldwide. The company is based in New York and has 33,800 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $64,330,055,680. Colgate-Palmolive Company currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 2.4% per year.
18 analysts are following Colgate-Palmolive Company and have set target prices ranging from $66.0 to $90.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, CL is trading -5.17% away from its average analyst target price of $82.39 per share.
Over the last year, CL's share price has increased by 0.5%, which represents a difference of -23.6% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $82.09 per share whereas its 52 week low is $67.62. Colgate-Palmolive Company's average free cash flow over the last 6 years has been $2.65 Billion, but they have been decreasing at an average rate of -4.0%. This may prove a challenge to the long term sustainability of the stock's upwards trend.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3,282,000 | 729,000 | 2,553,000 | 37.26 |
| 2022 | 2,556,000 | 696,000 | 1,860,000 | -32.56 |
| 2021 | 3,325,000 | 567,000 | 2,758,000 | -16.65 |
| 2020 | 3,719,000 | 410,000 | 3,309,000 | 18.26 |
| 2019 | 3,133,000 | 335,000 | 2,798,000 | 6.79 |
| 2018 | 3,056,000 | 436,000 | 2,620,000 |
