Colgate-Palmolive Company

BRSE:CL Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 66.2b

Colgate-Palmolive Valuation

Is CL 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 CL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CL (CHF70.32) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF129.86)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CL. This is calculated by dividing CL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio26.2x
EarningsUS$2.87b
Market CapUS$75.13b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.7x
KMB Kimberly-Clark
17.7x2.2%US$45.6b
RKT Reckitt Benckiser Group
21.3x10.6%UK£32.9b
HEN3 Henkel KGaA
19.3x6.5%€32.0b
CHD Church & Dwight
48.6x18.2%US$26.9b
CL Colgate-Palmolive
26.2x6.7%CHF 75.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.2x) compared to the peer average (26.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CL 26.2xIndustry Avg. 18.2xNo. of Companies17PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.2x) compared to the Global Household Products industry average (17.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CL'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.

CL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio26.2x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CL'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?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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