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Colgate-Palmolive Company
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
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Data: SEC EDGAR filings · prices Marketstack · estimates Finnhub · updated 11 Jul 2026, 02:30 UTC
2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
0/2
Profitability is the clearest strength here: ROE stands at 1,603.0%, some +5,124% above the sector median, and ROIC of 43.3% runs +66% ahead of peers — both figures point to a business that extracts returns well above what Consumer Staples typically delivers. Operating margin of 16.2% sits +32% above the sector median of 12.2%, reinforcing that read. The price, however, reflects those qualities in full: a P/E of 35.8× is +70% above the sector median of 21.0×, and P/B of 1,369.2× runs +24,794% richer than the median 5.5×. The forward PEG is stretched, and the beat rate over eight quarters is weak; consensus models EPS growth that the realized three-year CAGR per SEC filings has not matched — a gap the literature associates with systematic analyst optimism. The F-Score of 5/9 and a composite of 46/100 against the sector median round out a picture where quality is real but the valuation already prices it in.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | 5/9 | 1 603% | +1% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has not always beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When Colgate reports on July 31, track whether operating margin holds near the current 32% — well above the sector median of 12.2% — and whether revenue growth year over year is accelerating or compressing. An F-Score efficiency score of 0/2 suggests asset turnover and gross margin trends deserve close attention alongside the headline numbers.
In the annual report, locate the sections covering pricing power, raw-material cost exposure, and foreign-currency translation — all material given CL's global footprint. Cross-reference management's commentary with the P/E of 21.0× sitting roughly 70% above the sector median to assess whether the premium is supported by the narrative they present.
From the alphabetical same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies and line up one metric — operating margin, ROIC, or P/B — against CL's figures of 32%, 26.2%, and 5.50× respectively. No single name in that table is ranked; the exercise is to place CL's valuation premium in the context of where its profitability sits relative to the range you observe.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -33%+63%+17%+2%
Over 4 years: 2.541.811.501.75
Over 4 years: +3%+8%+3%+1%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 8 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 16% |
| COST | Costco | 7/9 | 31% | +8% | 4% |
| GIS | General Mills | 5/9 | -1% | +308% | 5% |
| HSY | Hershey | 5/9 | 19% | +4% | 12% |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark | 5/9 | 173% | -2% | 14% |
| KO | Coca-Cola | 7/9 | 46% | +2% | 29% |
| KR | Kroger | 6/9 | 14% | +0% | 1% |
| MDLZ | Mondelez | 6/9 | 9% | +6% | 9% |
| MO | Altria | 6/9 | — | -3% | 43% |
| PEP | PepsiCo | 5/9 | 43% | +2% | 12% |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | 6/9 | 31% | +0% | 24% |
| PM | Philip Morris | 8/9 | — | +7% | 37% |
| SYY | Sysco | 6/9 | 99% | +3% | 4% |
| TGT | Target | 6/9 | 24% | -2% | 5% |
| WMT | Walmart | 7/9 | 23% | +5% | 4% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.