Colgate-Palmolive Company

SWX:CL Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 53.0b

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 Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow 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.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: CL (CHF65.9) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF114.17)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: CL is trading below future cash flow 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 Ratio31.6x
EarningsUS$2.13b
Market CapUS$67.67b

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 Average18.4x
RKT Reckitt Benckiser Group
10.2x-5.87%UK£32.7b
KMB Kimberly-Clark
19.8x25.49%US$32.1b
HEN3 Henkel KGaA
13x3.48%€25.7b
CHD Church & Dwight
30.6x6.96%US$22.6b
CL Colgate-Palmolive
31.6x11.72%CHF 67.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.6x) compared to the peer average (18.4x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CL 31.6xIndustry Avg. 17.5xNo. of Companies10PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.6x) 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 Ratio31.6x
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?

The above table shows the analyst CL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 65.90
CHF 75.75
+14.95%
5.58%CHF 82.86CHF 67.07n/a19
Apr ’27CHF 67.64
CHF 77.64
+14.79%
5.81%CHF 83.95CHF 67.96n/a19
Mar ’27CHF 75.55
CHF 74.73
-1.08%
5.42%CHF 80.72CHF 66.88n/a19
Feb ’27CHF 67.89
CHF 71.16
+4.81%
5.90%CHF 81.17CHF 64.16n/a19
Jan ’27CHF 62.49
CHF 69.16
+10.68%
5.50%CHF 75.25CHF 60.99n/a19
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 70.30
0%
5.44%CHF 76.58CHF 62.07n/a19
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 71.49
0%
6.25%CHF 80.47CHF 64.37n/a19
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 74.79
0%
7.34%CHF 83.69CHF 63.76n/a18
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 76.21
0%
6.81%CHF 84.84CHF 66.43n/a18
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 79.24
0%
7.39%CHF 86.95CHF 68.43n/a19
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 77.90
0%
8.63%CHF 87.16CHF 66.70n/a20
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 80.88
0%
8.63%CHF 90.50CHF 69.26n/a20
May ’26n/a
CHF 81.93
0%
8.80%CHF 91.25CHF 69.67n/a21
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 86.38
0%
8.10%CHF 97.23CHF 73.36CHF 67.6422
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 87.35
0%
8.41%CHF 98.92CHF 74.64CHF 75.5522
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 90.54
0%
9.60%CHF 105.64CHF 75.59CHF 67.8922
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 93.40
0%
9.61%CHF 108.05CHF 74.22CHF 62.4922
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 91.62
0%
9.53%CHF 105.34CHF 72.36n/a22
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 91.77
0%
8.52%CHF 104.65CHF 70.92n/a22
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 90.60
0%
8.66%CHF 103.25CHF 69.40n/a23
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 92.18
0%
7.73%CHF 103.96CHF 71.64n/a22
Aug ’25CHF 70.32
CHF 92.18
+31.08%
7.73%CHF 103.96CHF 71.64n/a22
Jul ’25CHF 70.32
CHF 87.92
+25.02%
6.63%CHF 97.34CHF 73.23n/a21
Jun ’25CHF 70.32
CHF 88.94
+26.48%
6.11%CHF 95.77CHF 74.79n/a20
May ’25CHF 70.32
CHF 88.22
+25.45%
6.90%CHF 96.52CHF 74.46n/a21
Apr ’25CHF 70.32
CHF 79.58
+13.16%
5.04%CHF 85.27CHF 71.94n/a21
CHF 75.33
Fair Value
12.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
19
Number of Analysts

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 Analysis2026/04/13 19:13
End of Day Share Price 2026/04/13 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Colgate-Palmolive Company is covered by 43 analysts. 17 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
Lauren LiebermanBarclays
Lauren LiebermanBarclays