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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 07-31-2026

Colgate-Palmolive Company Financial Ratios 2025-2006 | CL

Brief overview of Colgate-Palmolive Company's market valuation

The comparison uses the five latest available annual observations between 2021 and 2025.

Key multiples at the end of the period are P/E 36.93x (median 31.82x), EV/EBITDA 21.23x (median 18.5x), P/S 3.86x (median 3.57x). On average, multiples differ from their five-year medians by only +14.7%. Valuation is near its familiar historical range.

The inverse P/E implies an earnings yield of 2.7%. This is not a dividend yield, but current earnings relative to market price.

Capital efficiency is characterized by ROE 39.5%, ROA 13.1%, ROCE 61.2%. Current resource returns are convincing and help explain a higher market valuation.

The cash conversion cycle is 31.4 days versus 39.6 days initially. Turnover changed little.

What the ratios show

Colgate-Palmolive Company trades near its familiar ratio range. A new earnings or profitability trend is needed to change the view.

Annual Financial Ratios Colgate-Palmolive Company

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

P/E

 36.9 24.8 29.9 34.1 31.8 23.9 25.3 23.2 32.5 23.6 44.0 28.3 25.5 21.3 18.0 8.5 7.6 9.5 9.9 -

P/S

 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.4 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.6 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.6 - - - - -

EPS

 2.6 3.5 2.8 2.1 2.6 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.7 1.5 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.5 4.5 4.5 3.8 3.4 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

 93.4 B 86.2 B 83.3 B 75.1 B 82.2 B 78.4 B 73.5 B 66.9 B 76.7 B 68.3 B 72 B 72.8 B 67.6 B 62.9 B 53 B 26.6 B 24.6 B 25.9 B 16.7 B -490 M

EBITDA per Share

 4.87 5.95 5.5 4.11 4.63 5.21 4.77 4.4 4.29 4.36 4.35 4.53 4.28 4.2 4.36 7.92 7.94 6.81 6 -

EV/EBITDA

 23.7 17.7 18.3 21.8 21.2 18.5 18.1 16.0 18.7 16.2 16.9 16.1 15.5 14.3 11.2 6.9 6.2 7.5 5.5 -

PEG

 124.19 4.3 5.15 -79.73 21.09 6.39 22.48 1.16 -2.03 0.3 -1.23 -22.77 -3.58 5.06 1.51 - - - - -

P/B

 215.7 131.9 72.0 75.6 71.0 58.5 107.3 282.6 271.0 3385.2 -1384.7 44.6 22.6 22.1 17.2 6.7 5.3 9.1 - -

P/CF

 18.8 17.5 18.4 23.8 20.7 17.3 19.1 21.2 26.3 22.6 27.0 24.3 22.6 20.1 18.5 5.8 5.3 8.0 7.6 -

ROE %

 3948.15 1362.74 377.67 445.14 355.67 362.72 2023.08 1218.27 832.92 14358.82 -3145.45 157.40 88.37 103.43 95.67 82.36 73.52 101.77 - -

ROA %

 13.06 18.00 14.03 11.35 14.40 16.93 15.74 19.74 15.97 20.14 11.57 16.20 16.15 18.46 19.11 19.72 20.58 19.61 - -

ROCE %

 6122.22 2013.21 654.19 721.45 547.13 522.88 3037.61 42.77 40.43 43.68 46.25 43.24 42.01 41.13 42.64 130.43 116.01 161.26 - -

Current Ratio

 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 - -

DSO

 28.6 28.2 29.0 28.5 26.8 30.0 33.0 32.9 35.0 33.9 32.5 32.8 34.3 35.6 36.5 - - - - -

DIO

 90.2 90.1 90.0 89.0 87.2 86.9 75.9 72.3 72.2 70.4 64.9 70.4 72.0 69.7 67.8 69.8 69.5 32.6 - -

DPO

 87.4 80.5 72.9 71.6 74.4 74.4 70.5 70.7 71.7 67.6 61.1 62.7 67.9 65.8 63.6 67.1 64.5 28.9 - -

Operating Cycle

 118.8 118.3 118.9 117.5 114.0 116.9 109.0 105.1 107.1 104.3 97.4 103.2 106.3 105.3 104.3 69.8 69.5 32.6 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 31.4 37.8 46.0 45.9 39.6 42.5 38.5 34.5 35.5 36.7 36.3 40.5 38.4 39.5 40.8 2.7 5.0 3.7 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios Colgate-Palmolive Company

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q3 2010-Q2 2010-Q1 2009-Q3 2009-Q2

EPS

 0.87 0.81 0.91 0.92 0.85 0.9 0.89 0.83 0.86 0.61 0.45 - 0.74 0.72 0.67 - 0.75 0.83 0.8 0.76 0.81 0.74 0.83 0.75 0.67 0.68 0.65 0.7 0.6 0.73 0.72 0.37 0.69 0.59 0.64 0.68 0.79 0.67 0.6 -0.51 0.81 0.63 0.6 0.69 0.59 0.68 0.42 0.61 0.71 0.6 0.49 0.63 0.69 0.66 0.62 1.22 1.32 1.27 1.17 1.26 1.21 0.71 1.17 1.11

EBITDA per Share

 1.46 1.4 1.51 1.52 1.51 1.49 1.52 1.45 - - 1.25 - 1.62 1.06 1.19 - 1.64 1.18 1.34 - 1.65 1.41 1.27 - 1.45 1.33 1.17 - 1.45 1.38 1.27 - 1.49 1.25 1.15 - 1.57 1.3 1.09 - 1.64 1.28 1.07 - 1.4 1.3 0.81 - 1.45 1.21 0.91 - 1.42 1.25 2.17 - 2.77 2.39 2.06 2.54 2.31 - - -

ROE %

 930.87 827.30 551.21 1059.66 1250.77 -6805.98 -7759.78 -14554.09 -14751.68 -6710.87 -5819.22 380.78 532.28 432.93 692.85 518.71 605.79 592.46 526.41 362.72 825.21 1225.29 1640.68 2023.08 879.39 -127.38 -1252.74 -2352.94 -2297.16 -2796.08 -3044.90 -3373.33 -3084.38 -2361.60 -1735.19 -1004.53 -601.97 -555.89 -500.95 -462.88 -561.21 -271.06 -24.76 190.39 160.01 141.14 111.15 97.22 100.07 101.49 105.79 112.93 110.45 107.65 105.20 102.36 100.68 96.52 84.09 79.82 78.76 13.76 19.99 22.11

ROA %

 16.47 16.48 16.99 17.23 17.10 17.36 16.06 13.93 13.60 12.74 13.64 11.34 15.74 11.94 16.25 12.70 16.76 17.15 16.75 16.93 17.14 16.60 16.51 15.74 16.45 16.91 18.25 19.74 17.30 17.79 16.68 15.97 18.42 19.42 20.24 20.14 11.30 11.59 11.45 11.60 20.11 18.05 17.86 16.20 15.56 16.26 15.69 16.12 16.55 16.71 17.34 18.46 18.63 18.80 19.01 19.11 19.90 20.55 18.96 19.76 19.56 3.30 5.33 5.23

ROCE %

 1372.90 1238.81 818.81 1582.90 1884.27 -9845.48 -11612.19 -27649.99 -27952.96 -16251.71 -14566.22 583.78 798.44 646.19 1029.40 761.48 898.49 862.20 775.67 392.46 1124.09 1746.05 2370.01 2241.88 1385.02 -274.06 -1996.76 -2748.04 -4343.04 -4949.51 -5542.06 -4578.33 -5019.07 -3812.55 -2706.01 -1186.01 -1565.94 -1436.91 -1336.05 -979.26 -896.47 -430.95 -63.87 223.76 267.83 224.34 170.95 115.57 162.49 163.27 166.82 134.63 178.21 172.05 165.71 122.86 158.72 151.16 136.53 129.37 128.44 26.13 31.37 34.92

Current Ratio

 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 - 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 - - - 1.2 - - - - - - - -

DSO

 32.8 31.7 31.8 31.2 31.9 32.1 32.8 30.5 30.0 30.7 29.6 - 14.6 15.6 29.3 - 29.6 30.5 28.0 26.7 27.8 29.6 30.1 32.7 33.5 34.0 33.4 33.5 33.2 32.9 32.8 34.7 34.0 35.3 35.1 34.6 33.3 33.5 34.4 33.4 32.6 32.0 33.4 33.5 32.3 32.5 33.6 34.2 33.9 34.4 34.9 35.5 35.1 35.7 36.3 36.6 34.9 36.5 38.4 - - - - -

DIO

 94.3 91.2 92.7 94.9 98.8 92.3 87.9 86.6 88.9 93.0 92.8 - 49.6 45.5 90.3 - 85.8 90.4 89.5 - 94.6 99.9 85.9 - 79.2 82.0 75.7 - 72.4 72.0 70.7 - 70.0 73.0 73.1 - 69.2 69.3 70.8 - 65.2 63.4 69.7 - 69.2 70.1 71.1 - 71.7 71.8 70.7 - 69.1 69.0 69.7 - 63.0 68.0 71.5 72.0 72.7 73.1 69.0 -

DPO

 93.0 86.2 80.1 80.2 81.2 74.1 73.4 70.4 67.7 70.7 70.1 - 36.9 37.4 76.4 - 64.5 69.0 72.1 - 78.8 83.2 73.5 - 70.0 72.5 70.2 - 70.8 70.3 69.7 - 69.5 72.5 71.4 - 66.5 66.6 67.3 - 61.3 59.6 63.6 - 61.7 62.4 65.2 - 67.6 67.6 66.7 - 65.3 65.2 65.6 - 59.1 63.7 64.2 62.8 64.8 64.7 59.4 -

Operating Cycle

 - - 124.5 126.1 130.7 124.4 120.7 117.1 118.9 123.7 122.3 - 64.2 61.1 119.6 - 115.5 120.9 117.5 26.7 122.4 129.5 116.0 32.7 112.7 116.0 109.1 33.5 105.6 104.8 103.6 34.7 104.0 108.3 108.2 34.6 102.5 102.8 105.3 33.4 97.7 95.4 103.0 33.5 101.6 102.6 104.7 34.2 105.7 106.1 105.7 35.5 104.2 104.6 106.0 36.6 97.9 104.5 - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 - - 44.4 45.9 49.5 50.2 47.3 46.7 51.1 53.0 52.3 - 27.3 23.7 43.2 - 51.0 51.8 45.4 26.7 43.6 46.3 42.5 32.7 42.7 43.5 38.8 33.5 34.8 34.5 33.9 34.7 34.5 35.8 36.8 34.6 36.1 36.3 38.0 33.4 36.4 35.8 39.4 33.5 39.9 40.2 39.5 34.2 38.1 38.5 38.9 35.5 38.9 39.5 40.4 36.6 38.8 40.8 - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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