Stocks of Colgate-Palmolive Co [CL] are gaining investors’ attention: here’s why

Stocks of Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE:CL) traded higher last session on Wall Street, down -0.61% to $91.58.

CL stock price is now 0.94% away from the 50-day moving average and -1.10% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $74.22B.

With the price target reduced from $105 to $101, Stifel Downgraded its rating from Buy to Hold for Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL). On September 24, 2024, Piper Sandler recently initiated its ‘Overweight’ rating on the stock quoting a target price of $121, while ‘Wells Fargo’ rates the stock as ‘Underweight’

In other news, Massey Sally, Chief Human Resources Officer sold 2,250 shares of the company’s stock on May 15 ’25. The stock was sold for $200,183 at an average price of $88.97. Upon completion of the transaction, the Chief Human Resources Officer now directly owns 12,583 shares in the company, valued at $1.15 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Feb 25 ’25, Chief Human Resources Officer Massey Sally sold 8,000 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $736,152 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $92.02. This leaves the insider owning 14,805 shares of the company worth $1.36 million. A total of 0.17% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.

During the past 12 months, Colgate-Palmolive Co has had a low of $85.32 and a high of $109.30. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.78, a current ratio of 0.85, and a quick ratio of 0.54. According to the stock market information, the enterprise value for the company is $80995188736, which is based on a 25.93 price-to-earnings ratio, a 4.66 price-to-earnings-growth ratio, and a beta of 0.36. The fifty day moving average price for CL is $90.7234 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $92.60255 for the stock.

The latest earnings results from Colgate-Palmolive Co (NYSE: CL) was released for 2025-03-31. The net profit margin was 14.52% and return on equity was 977.07% for CL. The company reported revenue of $4.91 billion for the quarter, compared to $5.07 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue fell -3.04 percent. For the current quarter, analysts expect CL to generate $5.03B in revenue.

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