Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL): Price and Financial Metrics

CL POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where CL ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 97.28% of US stocks.
• CL's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• CL's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 18.45% of US stocks).

CL Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $64,045,126,316, Colgate Palmolive Co has a greater market value than 95.79% of US stocks.
• Colgate Palmolive Co's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 99.08% of US listed stocks.
• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 32.56 for Colgate Palmolive Co; that's greater than it is for 98.98% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Colgate Palmolive Co are SHW, KMB, HUM, TJX, and ITW.
• Visit CL's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.colgatepalmolive.com.

CL Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, CL's price/sales ratio is 171.43% higher, now standing at 3.8.
• CL's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 0 over the prior 243 months.
• CL's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 0 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CL.

CL Growth Metrics

Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 20.79%.
• The 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -15.78%.
• The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 0.35%.

Over the past 70 months, CL's revenue has gone up $1,695,000,000.

The table below shows CL's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	17,421	3,325	2,166
2021-09-30	17,342	3,182	2,665
2021-06-30	17,081	3,150	2,729
2021-03-31	16,718	3,549	2,661
2020-12-31	16,471	3,719	2,695
2020-09-30	16,162	3,726	2,691

CL's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CL has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 98.02% of graded US stocks.
• CL's asset turnover comes in at 1.091 -- ranking 19th of 50 Consumer Goods stocks.
• SCL, LEG, and ETD are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CL.

The table below shows CL's key quality metrics over time.