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Colgate-Palmolive Company

CL

Consumer Defensive · 85.31 -1.4% today

Partial group confirmationMarket checked 30 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Colgate-Palmolive Company's move is spreading beyond its market group.

CL accounts for 10.2% of the group's measured movement across 8.1 effective names. all 10 measured members are falling in raw terms, but 10 of 10 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 18%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

MOVE ANATOMY

Is this move genuinely shared?

Session-normalized 5m paths
Role in the moveAligned contributor#5 of 10 by movement share
Group movement share10.2%Absolute path energy—not portfolio weight
Relative path-1.67%aligned
Effective breadth8.1 / 10broad
Relative alignment10/10downside path · 0 counter-moving
Capital-flow agreement18%not yet clean
SEQUENCE READ

FIZZ, PG, HSY moved materially before CL. CL crossed its material path threshold at 11:05 ET, 75 minutes after the first measured mover. KO, KDP followed.

EVIDENCE COVERAGE

5 of 10 members in Packaged Foods & Beverages are active. 0 of 2 disclosed connections are confirming.

What would change this read
  • At least 7 of 10 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • SJM remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 3 of 10 members or fewer.

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Research brief

The story so far

Consumer Defensive · Household & Personal Products

CL accounts for 10.2% of the group's measured movement across 8.1 effective names. all 10 measured members are falling in raw terms, but 10 of 10 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 18%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • At least 7 of 10 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • SJM remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Oct 1, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations615
Usable filing statements65
Verified relationships2
Evidence supporting the case
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.97x in the latest annual period.
  • Material customer WMT most recently reported revenue +6.9% year over year.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Operating margin changed -5.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed -3.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 57% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 110% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 30, 2026

85.31
6m+0.1%12m+6.1%24m-17.8%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$17.4B+5.8%$2.55-1.3%
2022-12-31$18.0B+3.1%$2.13-1.1%
2023-12-31$19.5B+8.3%$2.77-1.1%
2024-12-31$20.1B+3.3%$3.51-0.7%
2025-12-31$20.4B+1.4%$2.63-1.5%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Demand and volumemixed · 1 filings
“41 (Dollars in Millions Except Per Share Amounts) Hill ’ s Pet Nutrition 2025 2024 % Change Net sales $ 4,613 $ 4,483 2.9 % Operating profit $ 1,064 $ 965 10 % % of Net sales 23.1 % 21.5 % 160 bps Net sales for Hill’s Pet Nutrition increased 2.9% in 2025 to $…”
10-K · Feb 23, 2026 ↗
Foreign exchangemixed · 1 filings
“41 (Dollars in Millions Except Per Share Amounts) Hill ’ s Pet Nutrition 2025 2024 % Change Net sales $ 4,613 $ 4,483 2.9 % Operating profit $ 1,064 $ 965 10 % % of Net sales 23.1 % 21.5 % 160 bps Net sales for Hill’s Pet Nutrition increased 2.9% in 2025 to $…”
10-K · Feb 23, 2026 ↗
Legal and regulatory exposurepositive · 1 filings
“In 2025, Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company included goodwill and intangible assets impairment charges, charges resulting from the ERISA litigation matter and acquisition-related costs.”
10-K · Feb 23, 2026 ↗
Macroeconomic conditionsmixed · 1 filings
“Outlook Looking forward, we expect global macroeconomic, geopolitical and market conditions to remain challenging, including as a result of inflation, high interest rates, foreign currency volatility and developments in trade relations.”
10-K · Feb 23, 2026 ↗

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 3.4× · EV/sales 3.7×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

85.31-1.4% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 30 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CL. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for CL. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind CL

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

WMT11.0% of CLcustomerFeb 23, 2026 ▾

“Our sales to Walmart, Inc.”

Depended on by

PRPermian Resources CorporationpartnerFeb 26, 2026 ▾

“In connection with the merger (the “Colgate Merger”) with Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC (“Colgate”) and Colgate Energy Partners III MidCo, LLC (the “Colgate Unit holder”), the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Co…”

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

CL is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Packaged Foods & Beverages. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.