CL Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Colgate-Palmolive Company | NYSE:CL)

Since its founding in 1806, Colgate-Palmolive has grown to become a leading player in the household and personal care arena. In addition to its namesake oral care line (which accounts for more than 40% of its total sales), the firm manufactures shampoos, shower gels, deodorants, and homecare products that are sold in over 200 countries. International sales account for about 70% of its total business, including approximately 45% from emerging regions. It also owns specialty pet food maker Hill's (around one fifth of sales), which primarily sells its products through veterinarians and specialty pet retailers.

Colgate-Palmolive Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol CL.

As of January 15, 2025, CL stock price climbed to $87.86 with 3,920,128 million shares trading.

CL has a beta of 0.16, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. CL has a correlation of 0.02 to the broad based SPY ETF.

CL has a market cap of $71.79 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Colgate-Palmolive Company reported $5 billion in Revenue and $.91 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $33 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.03.

In the last 3 years, CL traded as high as $109.30 and as low as $67.62.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that CL belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, SPY, IVV, XLP.

CL has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +11.0% while the SPY ETF gained +25.8%. CL has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -12.3% and -3.4%, respectively, while the SPY returned +1.8% and +1.1%, respectively.

CL support price is $86.88 and resistance is $88.46 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that CL shares will trade within this expected range on the day.