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

Since its founding in 1806, Colgate-Palmolive has grown into a leading player in the household and personal care industry. 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 home care products 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 sells a majority of its products through veterinarians and specialty pet retailers.

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

As of December 19, 2025, CL stock price climbed to $78.36 with 7,974,213 million shares trading.

CL has a beta of 0.08, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. CL has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.

CL has a market cap of $63.16 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 $2 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.02.

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, IVV, SPY, XLP.

CL has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -13.5%, while the SPY ETF gained +18.1%. In the last 3 month period, CL fell short of the market, returning -2.8%, while SPY returned +2.8%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks CL has outperformed the stock market by returning +0.4%, while SPY returned -0.5%.

CL support price is $76.69 and resistance is $78.77 (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.