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Colgate-Palmolive Company

CL
61
Household & Personal Products · Consumer Defensive
Also trades as: 0P59.L GBP 0.98 (+0.70%)
Price
$97.39
+3.99 (+4.27%)
Market Cap
$77.64B
Winston Score
61
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

§How the score breaks down

Quality
Strong
24/30
Growth
Mixed
7/20
Cash Flow
Exceptional
9/10
Stability
Good
5/10
Valuation
Good
6/10
Ownership
Good
8/15
Dividends
Mixed
2/5

61 of 100 counted points = Winston Score 61.

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Share count falling — buybacks

−4.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 848.3M (2021) → 811.1M (2025)

§Winston Score History

The full picture

Colgate-Palmolive makes everyday products people use to clean themselves and their homes. Its most well-known brands include Colgate toothpaste, Palmolive dish soap, Speed Stick deodorant, and Hill's pet food. The company sells to regular consumers through grocery stores, pharmacies, and mass retailers worldwide.

Colgate earns money by selling these consumer goods at scale, relying on high purchase frequency since people buy toothpaste and soap repeatedly throughout their lives. It operates in over 200 countries, generates roughly $20 billion in annual revenue, and holds the number-one toothpaste brand globally by market share. Its moat comes from decades of brand recognition, retailer shelf space, and distribution reach that is difficult for smaller competitors to replicate. The main risk the company faces is pressure from private-label store brands, which offer cheaper alternatives and have been gaining ground as consumers watch their spending more carefully.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-5.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$366M/ year

→ Flat (+3% vs prior year)

1.8% of revenue

In line with sector average (2%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

6.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.4B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Colgate-Palmolive Company is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
61.5%
Premium pricing power — 61.5% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
19.0%
Healthy — 19.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
53.7%
Exceptional — 53.7% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+5.2%
Slow sales growth (+5.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-28.9%
Earnings shrinking (-28.9% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
219%
Turns 219% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
18.3%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
33.29
Heavy debt load (33.29)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
17.04x
Comfortably covers interest (17.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
38.3x
Pricey — P/E 38.3

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+17.8
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (38.3 → 20.5)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.37%
Moderate income — 2.37% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+2.4%
Dividend flat
Payout Ratio
89%
no trend
Most of the profit goes out as dividends. Little left to reinvest, and less cushion if earnings dip.

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