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Colgate-Palmolive CL Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.3B+8.4%
Gross profit$3.2B+8.0%
Operating income$964.0M-10.4%
Net income$646.0M-6.4%
EPS (diluted)$0.80-5.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.3B+20.1%
Total debt$8.0B-3.6%
Total equity$145.0M-60.1%
Total assets$16.6B-0.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$747.0M+24.5%
CapEx$138.0M+11.3%
Free cash flow$609.0M+27.9%

Valuation

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Market cap$71.6B-10.0%
Enterprise value$78.24B-9.8%
P/E33.7×+6.2×
P/S3.4×-0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin60.1%-0.6pp
Operating margin15.4%-6.2pp
Net margin10.2%-4.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity836.2%-141pp
Debt / equity55×+32.2×
Current ratio+0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Colgate-Palmolive’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Colgate-Palmolive’s 10-Q, filed May 1, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Colgate-Palmolive's earnings yield?
Colgate-Palmolive (CL) reported earnings yield of 3.1% in Q1 2026.
How has Colgate-Palmolive's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Colgate-Palmolive's earnings yield decreased by 18.5% year-over-year, from 3.8% to 3.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Colgate-Palmolive's earnings yield?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Colgate-Palmolive's earnings yield has grown at a 1.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 15.2% to 15.8%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.