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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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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
Capital returns at Colgate-Palmolive Company run well ahead of the sector: ROE reaches 1,603.0%, some +5,224% above the sector median of 30.1%, and ROIC of 43.3% follows the same pattern. That quality comes at a price — the P/E of 36.6× sits +74% above the sector median of 21.0×, and P/B of 1,379.4× exceeds the median by +24,980%, a premium that leaves little room for disappointment. The F-Score of 5/9 reflects the mixed picture: profitability holds up, but the efficiency sub-score flags a weaker reading. Consensus models earnings growth that the realized three-year EPS CAGR of {{value:eps_cagr_3y}} does not yet match — a gap that matters when the forward PEG already reads stretched and the beat rate over the last eight quarters has been weak.
| 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-Palmolive reports on October 29, 2026, track revenue growth year over year alongside free cash flow — FCF growth currently sits at 2.66%, just 3.4× the sector median. Also check whether the F-Score efficiency signals (currently 0/2) show any improvement in asset turnover.
Pull Colgate's latest annual report and focus on how management explains the P/E of 21.0× — running 74% above the sector median — alongside the P/B of 5.50×. The leverage and liquidity section (2/3 on the F-Score) warrants a close read for debt structure details.
Pick two or three companies from the Consumer Staples table in section 06 and line up one metric — P/E, ROIC, or FCF growth — against Colgate's figures. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the comparison is yours to frame without any implied ordering.
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% | -5% | 5% |
| HSY | Hershey | 4/9 | 19% | +4% | 12% |
| KMB | Kimberly-Clark | 4/9 | 173% | -2% | 14% |
| KO | Coca-Cola | 6/9 | 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 | 30% | +3% | 23% |
| PM | Philip Morris | 7/9 | — | +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.