Colgate-Palmolive Company

WBAG:COLG Stock Report

Market Cap: €72.8b

Colgate-Palmolive Valuation

Is COLG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of COLG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: COLG (€88.75) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€154.42)

Significantly Below Fair Value: COLG is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for COLG?

Key metric: As COLG is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for COLG. This is calculated by dividing COLG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is COLG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio26.5x
EarningsUS$2.87b
Market CapUS$75.92b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does COLG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for COLG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.3x
RKT Reckitt Benckiser Group
21.4x10.6%UK£33.1b
KMB Kimberly-Clark
16.8x2.1%US$43.8b
HEN3 Henkel KGaA
19.8x6.5%€32.7b
CHD Church & Dwight
47.3x18.2%US$25.9b
COLG Colgate-Palmolive
26.5x6.7%€75.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: COLG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.5x) compared to the peer average (26.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does COLG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Household Products Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
COLG 26.5xIndustry Avg. 17.1xNo. of Companies17PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: COLG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.5x) compared to the Global Household Products industry average (17.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is COLG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

COLG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio26.5x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate COLG's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst COLG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€88.75
€100.05
+12.7%
9.6%€115.29€79.19n/a22
Dec ’25€91.39
€97.11
+6.3%
9.5%€111.66€76.69n/a22
Nov ’25€86.43
€98.09
+13.5%
8.5%€111.86€75.81n/a22
Oct ’25€93.48
€96.15
+2.9%
8.7%€109.57€73.64n/a23
Sep ’25€95.86
€97.78
+2.0%
7.7%€110.28€75.99n/a22
Aug ’25€92.42
€97.78
+5.8%
7.7%€110.28€75.99n/a22
Jul ’25€90.42
€91.69
+1.4%
6.6%€101.52€76.37n/a21
Jun ’25€84.49
€89.78
+6.3%
6.1%€96.67€75.50n/a20
May ’25€85.40
€89.90
+5.3%
6.9%€98.36€75.88n/a21
Apr ’25€83.35
€82.46
-1.1%
5.0%€88.36€74.55n/a21
Mar ’25€79.35
€82.50
+4.0%
5.5%€88.59€71.06n/a21
Feb ’25€78.80
€82.35
+4.5%
5.3%€88.85€71.26n/a21
Jan ’25€71.65
€76.18
+6.3%
6.6%€82.44€68.70n/a19
Dec ’24€72.35
€74.60
+3.1%
6.1%€82.03€68.36€91.3919
Nov ’24€71.00
€76.89
+8.3%
5.9%€85.04€70.87€86.4318
Oct ’24€67.50
€79.92
+18.4%
7.7%€92.73€64.34€93.4819
Sep ’24€67.95
€78.05
+14.9%
8.1%€90.12€62.53€95.8618
Aug ’24€69.65
€77.10
+10.7%
8.1%€89.12€60.93€92.4219
Jul ’24€70.70
€78.36
+10.8%
7.4%€88.33€61.65€90.4218
Jun ’24€69.95
€79.36
+13.5%
7.2%€89.64€62.56€84.4919
May ’24€71.20
€77.07
+8.2%
7.3%€87.50€61.07€85.4020
Apr ’24€69.37
€74.63
+7.6%
5.9%€83.03€61.81€83.3521
Mar ’24€67.48
€76.36
+13.2%
5.9%€84.84€63.16€79.3521
Feb ’24€68.33
€74.44
+8.9%
5.9%€82.97€61.77€78.8020
Jan ’24€74.29
€76.64
+3.2%
5.8%€83.09€63.03€71.6520
Dec ’23€74.16
€77.55
+4.6%
5.6%€82.24€63.86€72.3520

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 14:32
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Colgate-Palmolive Company is covered by 54 analysts. 20 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher GrajaArgus Research Company
Edward LewisAtlantic Equities LLP
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research