Colgate-Palmolive Company

NYSE:CL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$76.5b

Colgate-Palmolive Valuation

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

Below Fair Value: CL ($93.91) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($152.85)

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 Ratio26.8x
EarningsUS$2.87b
Market CapUS$76.48b

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 Average38.5x
KMB Kimberly-Clark
17.4x2.2%US$45.2b
CHD Church & Dwight
49.6x18.0%US$27.2b
CLX Clorox
58.3x20.3%US$20.8b
PG Procter & Gamble
28.7x8.2%US$402.1b
CL Colgate-Palmolive
26.8x6.7%US$76.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.8x) compared to the peer average (38.5x).


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 26.8xIndustry Avg. 17.5xNo. of Companies14PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CL is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.8x) compared to the Global Household Products industry average (17.5x).


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 Ratio26.8x
Fair PE Ratio33.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.3x).


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
CurrentUS$93.91
US$105.23
+12.1%
9.5%US$121.00US$83.11n/a22
Nov ’25US$93.33
US$106.10
+13.7%
8.5%US$121.00US$82.00n/a22
Oct ’25US$102.33
US$107.06
+4.6%
8.7%US$122.00US$82.00n/a23
Sep ’25US$106.50
US$105.51
-0.9%
7.7%US$119.00US$82.00n/a22
Aug ’25US$100.93
US$105.51
+4.5%
7.7%US$119.00US$82.00n/a22
Jul ’25US$95.54
US$98.44
+3.0%
6.6%US$109.00US$82.00n/a21
Jun ’25US$92.96
US$97.52
+4.9%
6.1%US$105.00US$82.00n/a20
May ’25US$91.90
US$95.97
+4.4%
6.9%US$105.00US$81.00n/a21
Apr ’25US$89.06
US$89.59
+0.6%
5.0%US$96.00US$81.00n/a21
Mar ’25US$86.49
US$89.40
+3.4%
5.5%US$96.00US$77.00n/a21
Feb ’25US$86.12
US$88.97
+3.3%
5.3%US$96.00US$77.00n/a21
Jan ’25US$79.71
US$83.17
+4.3%
6.6%US$90.00US$75.00n/a19
Dec ’24US$78.70
US$81.85
+4.0%
6.1%US$90.00US$75.00n/a19
Nov ’24US$74.93
US$81.38
+8.6%
5.9%US$90.00US$75.00US$93.3318
Oct ’24US$71.11
US$84.46
+18.8%
7.7%US$98.00US$68.00US$102.3319
Sep ’24US$73.27
US$84.88
+15.8%
8.1%US$98.00US$68.00US$106.5018
Aug ’24US$76.64
US$84.78
+10.6%
8.1%US$98.00US$67.00US$100.9319
Jul ’24US$77.04
US$85.16
+10.5%
7.4%US$96.00US$67.00US$95.5418
Jun ’24US$74.90
US$84.99
+13.5%
7.2%US$96.00US$67.00US$92.9619
May ’24US$80.69
US$84.55
+4.8%
7.3%US$96.00US$67.00US$91.9020
Apr ’24US$75.15
US$80.90
+7.7%
5.9%US$90.00US$67.00US$89.0621
Mar ’24US$72.55
US$81.00
+11.6%
5.9%US$90.00US$67.00US$86.4921
Feb ’24US$74.99
US$80.75
+7.7%
5.9%US$90.00US$67.00US$86.1220
Jan ’24US$78.79
US$80.25
+1.9%
5.8%US$87.00US$66.00US$79.7120
Dec ’23US$77.75
US$80.15
+3.1%
5.6%US$85.00US$66.00US$78.7020
Nov ’23US$73.74
US$80.20
+8.8%
5.5%US$85.00US$66.00US$74.9320

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


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