Colgate-Palmolive vs Procter & Gamble CL vs PG
Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
What differs most
- Market value: Procter & Gamble $370.02B, Colgate-Palmolive $75.02B.
- Net margin: Procter & Gamble 18.4%, Colgate-Palmolive 9.7%.
- One-year price return: Colgate-Palmolive +20.5%, Procter & Gamble +6.5%.
- Trailing P/E: Colgate-Palmolive 37.2×, Procter & Gamble 24.1×.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
CL+20.5%
PG+6.5%
Profile
latestSector
Consumer Defensive
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Household & Personal Products
Household & Personal Products
Market value
$75.02B
$370.02B
Enterprise value
$81.47B
$394.74B
Employees
33,600
104,000
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$626K
$837K
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
36% overvalued vs model
32% overvalued vs model
Model range
$38.26–193
$73.70–333
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
11.6%
14.3%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: CL valuation · PG valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: CL reverse DCF · PG reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-16Last close
$94.11
$159.35
52-week high
$99.14
$167.20
52-week low
$74.98
$138.04
Price vs 52-week high
−5.1%
−4.7%
Price vs 52-week low
+25.5%
+15.4%
Average daily volume / shares
0.6%
0.4%
Beta
0.32
0.38
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
+8.1%
+8.4%
3 months
0.0%
+5.2%
6 months
+12.5%
+11.3%
Year to date
+19.1%
+11.2%
1 year
+20.5%
+6.5%
1 year, dividends added
+23.2%
+9.4%
2 years
−7.0%
−7.6%
Valuation
CL price × TTM to Jun 2026 · PG price × FY2026P/E (TTM)
37.2×
24.1×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
24.4×
22.9×
Price / sales
3.6×
4.3×
EV / sales
3.9×
4.5×
EV / EBITDA
21.6×
17.2×
Price / book
317.9×
—
Price / free cash flow (FY)
20.6×
24.4×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
4.8%
4.1%
Growth
CL TTM and FY2025 · PG TTM and FY2026Revenue growth (TTM)
—
+0.4%
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+5.1%
+2.0%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
4.3%
2.0%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
4.4%
2.7%
EPS growth (TTM)
—
−3.2%
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+46.8%
+5.3%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
7.3%
3.9%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
25.0%
3.2%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−3.3%
−2.5%
Profitability
CL TTM to Jun 2026 · PG FY2026Gross margin (FY)†
60.1%
50.2%
Operating margin
14.9%
22.7%
EBITDA margin
17.9%
26.3%
Net margin
9.7%
18.4%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
17.8%
17.4%
Return on equity
863.6%
—
Return on assets
12.1%
12.5%
Asset turnover
1.25
0.68
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
CL MRQ Jun 2026 · PG MRQ Mar 2026Cash
$1.37B
$12.31B
Total debt
$7.82B
$37.03B
Net debt
$6.45B
$24.72B
Debt / equity
33.1×
—
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
1.7×
1.1×
Interest coverage (FY)
16.3×
22.5×
Current ratio (FY)
1.00
0.68
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
2.2%
2.7%
Dividends per share
$2.10
$4.29
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
83.0%
64.8%
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
3.4%
5.3%
Frequency
Quarterly
Quarterly
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
5
10
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$0
$1.2M
Analyst upgrades
0
1
Analyst downgrades
0
2
Statements
CL income TTM to Jun 2026 · cash flow FY2025 · PG income FY2026 · cash flow FY2026Revenue
$21.05B
$87.03B
EBITDA
$3.77B
$22.91B
Operating income
$3.13B
$19.75B
Net income
$2.04B
$16.05B
EPS (diluted)
$2.53
$6.62
Operating cash flow
$4.20B
$19.56B
Capital expenditure
−$564.0M
−$4.41B
Free cash flow
$3.63B
$15.15B
Dividends paid
—
$10.23B
Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.