Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) is a Household & Personal Products company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $84.16. It has a SharesGrow Score of 60/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of CL = $70.37 (-16.4% from the current price, the stock appears overvalued). Analyst consensus target is CL = $92 (+9.9% upside).
Valuation: CL trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 32.1 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 5.13.
Financials: revenue is $20.4B, +4.3%/yr average growth. Net income is $2.1B, growing at +9.4%/yr. Net profit margin is 10.5% (healthy). Gross margin is 60.1% (+3.1 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $8.0B against $54M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 147.93, leveraged). Current ratio is 1 (adequate). Debt-to-assets is 48.9%. Total assets: $16.3B.
Analyst outlook: 17 / 43 analysts rate CL as buy (40%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 33/100 (Fail), Growth 55/100 (Partial), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 84/100 (Pass), Future 40/100 (Partial), Income 55/100 (Partial).
