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EV / sales at other companies

Procter & Gamble logo
Procter & GamblePG
-1.1×
Church & Dwight logo
Church & DwightCHD
3.9×-0.8×
Kenvue logo
KenvueKVUE
2.7×-0.9×
Kimberly-Clark logo
Kimberly-ClarkKMB
2.3×-0.9×
Dollar General logo
Dollar GeneralDG
0.9×0.0×
Estee Lauder Companies Inc. logo
Estee Lauder Companies Inc.EL
2.1×+0.1×

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 the most recent quarter.

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 EV / sales?
Colgate-Palmolive (CL) reported EV / sales of 3.6× in Q1 2026.
How has Colgate-Palmolive's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
Colgate-Palmolive's EV / sales decreased by 13.5% year-over-year, from 4.2× to 3.6×.
What is the long-term trend for Colgate-Palmolive's EV / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Colgate-Palmolive's EV / sales has grown at a -3.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 17.4× to 15.2×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.