Colgate-Palmolive Company

BIT:1CL Stock Report

Market Cap: €53.4b

Colgate-Palmolive Valuation

Is 1CL undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 1CL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 1CL (€66.62) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€107.53)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 1CL is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 1CL?

Key metric: As 1CL is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 1CL. This is calculated by dividing 1CL's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 1CL's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21.5x
EarningsUS$2.91b
Market CapUS$62.62b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 1CL's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 1CL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22x
RKT Reckitt Benckiser Group
32.1x15.26%UK£40.2b
KMB Kimberly-Clark
17.1x23.75%US$33.7b
HEN3 Henkel KGaA
13.6x2.82%€27.3b
CHD Church & Dwight
25.4x7.16%US$19.8b
1CL Colgate-Palmolive
21.5x5.68%€62.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 1CL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.5x) compared to the peer average (22x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 1CL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Household Products Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
1CL 21.5xIndustry Avg. 17.1xNo. of Companies12PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 1CL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.5x) compared to the Global Household Products industry average (17.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 1CL'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.

1CL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.5x
Fair PE Ratio33.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 1CL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.9x).

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 1CL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€66.62
€74.26
+11.47%
5.50%€80.80€65.49n/a19
Dec ’26€69.09
€75.64
+9.48%
5.44%€82.39€66.78n/a19
Nov ’26€66.00
€77.07
+16.77%
6.25%€86.75€69.40n/a19
Oct ’26€67.42
€79.96
+18.61%
7.34%€89.48€68.18n/a18
Sep ’26€71.39
€81.29
+13.87%
6.81%€90.49€70.86n/a18
Aug ’26€72.35
€85.00
+17.48%
7.39%€93.27€73.41n/a19
Jul ’26€78.34
€83.39
+6.44%
8.63%€93.30€71.40n/a20
Jun ’26€81.72
€86.59
+5.96%
8.63%€96.89€74.15n/a20
May ’26€81.11
€87.47
+7.84%
8.80%€97.43€74.38n/a21
Apr ’26€86.48
€90.58
+4.74%
8.10%€101.96€76.93n/a22
Mar ’26€86.96
€93.38
+7.38%
8.41%€105.74€79.79n/a22
Feb ’26€83.13
€95.90
+15.37%
9.60%€111.91€80.07n/a22
Jan ’26€87.49
€100.24
+14.58%
9.61%€115.97€79.65€67.5622
Dec ’25€91.42
€97.11
+6.22%
9.53%€111.66€76.69€69.0922
Nov ’25€86.40
€98.09
+13.53%
8.52%€111.86€75.81€66.0022
Oct ’25€93.55
€96.15
+2.78%
8.66%€109.57€73.64€67.4223
Sep ’25€95.84
€97.78
+2.02%
7.73%€110.28€75.99€71.3922
Aug ’25€92.31
€97.78
+5.93%
7.73%€110.28€75.99€72.3522
Jul ’25€90.30
€91.69
+1.54%
6.63%€101.52€76.37€78.3421
Jun ’25€84.48
€89.78
+6.28%
6.11%€96.67€75.50€81.7220
May ’25€85.45
€89.90
+5.21%
6.90%€98.36€75.88€81.1121
Apr ’25€83.45
€82.46
-1.18%
5.04%€88.36€74.55€86.4821
Mar ’25€79.50
€82.50
+3.78%
5.52%€88.59€71.06€86.9621
Feb ’25€78.70
€82.35
+4.63%
5.31%€88.85€71.26€83.1321
Jan ’25€71.40
€76.18
+6.70%
6.61%€82.44€68.70€87.4919
€74.87
Fair Value
11.0% 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 Analysis2026/01/03 12:22
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/02 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Colgate-Palmolive Company is covered by 48 analysts. 18 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