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COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO

CL· NYSE· Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations

Market cap
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P/FCF
–
EV/Sales
–
FCF margin
17.8%
ROIC, 5 yr avg
36.7%
Revenue, 5 yr CAGR
+4.4%
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Company statistics

From the 10-Ks, computed in code · point at a figure for its formula

Profile · FY2025

Market cap
–
Enterprise value
–
Diluted shares
811.1M
Revenue
$20.4B
Free cash flow
$3.6B
Owner earnings
$3.5B

Valuation · FY2025

P/E
–
P/FCF
–
P/Owner earnings
–
EV/Sales
–
EV/FCF
–
P/B
–

Margins · FY2025

Gross
60.1%
Operating
16.2%
Net
10.5%
Free cash flow
17.8%
Owner earnings
17.1%
Stock pay
0.8%

Returns

ROIC, FY2025
36.8%
ROIC, 5 yr avg
36.7%
ROE, FY2025
3948.1%
ROE, 5 yr avg
1297.9%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue, 3 yr
4.3%
Revenue, 5 yr
4.4%
Revenue, 9 yr
3.3%
Diluted EPS, 3 yr
7.3%
Diluted EPS, 5 yr
-3.5%
Diluted EPS, 9 yr
-0.4%
Free cash flow, 3 yr
25.0%
Free cash flow, 5 yr
1.9%
Free cash flow, 9 yr
4.0%

Financial health · FY2025

Cash and investments
$1.4B
Total debt
$8.0B
Net debt
$6.6B
Debt/Equity
147.9x
Debt/FCF
2.2x

Shareholder returns · FY2025

Dividend yield
–
Payout ratio
–
Buyback yield
–
Shareholder yield
–
Share count, 5 yr
-1.1%

Financials: ten years from the 10-Ks

Reported numbers open their filing · computed ones show the formula · ˢ split-adjusted

Revenue

$20.4B

+3.3% a year over 9 years

FY2016: Revenue $15.2BFY2017: Revenue $15.5BFY2018: Revenue $15.5BFY2019: Revenue $15.7BFY2020: Revenue $16.5BFY2021: Revenue $17.4BFY2022: Revenue $18.0BFY2023: Revenue $19.5BFY2024: Revenue $20.1BFY2025: Revenue $20.4B
FY2016FY2025

Margins

Gross60.1%Operating16.2%Net10.5%

FY2025

FY2016: Gross 60.0%, Operating 26.0%, Net 16.1%FY2017: Gross 60.0%, Operating 24.0%, Net 13.1%FY2018: Gross 59.4%, Operating 23.8%, Net 15.4%FY2019: Gross 59.4%, Operating 22.6%, Net 15.1%FY2020: Gross 60.8%, Operating 23.6%, Net 16.4%FY2021: Gross 59.6%, Operating 19.1%, Net 12.4%FY2022: Gross 57.0%, Operating 16.1%, Net 9.9%FY2023: Gross 58.2%, Operating 20.5%, Net 11.8%FY2024: Gross 60.5%, Operating 21.2%, Net 14.4%FY2025: Gross 60.1%, Operating 16.2%, Net 10.5%
FY2016FY2025

Free cash flow and owner earnings

Free cash flow$3.6BOwner earnings$3.5B

Free cash flow +4.0% a year

FY2016: Free cash flow $2.5B, Owner earnings $2.4BFY2017: Free cash flow $2.5B, Owner earnings $2.4BFY2018: Free cash flow $2.6B, Owner earnings $2.5BFY2019: Free cash flow $2.8B, Owner earnings $2.7BFY2020: Free cash flow $3.3B, Owner earnings $3.2BFY2021: Free cash flow $2.8B, Owner earnings $2.6BFY2022: Free cash flow $1.9B, Owner earnings $1.7BFY2023: Free cash flow $3.0B, Owner earnings $2.9BFY2024: Free cash flow $3.5B, Owner earnings $3.4BFY2025: Free cash flow $3.6B, Owner earnings $3.5B
FY2016FY2025

Diluted shares

811.1M

-9.7% over 9 years, net buybacks

FY2016: Diluted shares 898.4MFY2017: Diluted shares 887.8MFY2018: Diluted shares 873.0MFY2019: Diluted shares 861.1MFY2020: Diluted shares 859.3MFY2021: Diluted shares 848.3MFY2022: Diluted shares 838.8MFY2023: Diluted shares 829.2MFY2024: Diluted shares 823.2MFY2025: Diluted shares 811.1M
FY2016FY2025

Return on invested capital

36.8%

FY2025

FY2016: ROIC 55.1%FY2017: ROIC 46.5%FY2018: ROIC 49.4%FY2019: ROIC 39.9%FY2020: ROIC 42.3%FY2021: ROIC 36.1%FY2022: ROIC 25.5%FY2023: ROIC 37.4%FY2024: ROIC 47.7%FY2025: ROIC 36.8%
FY2016FY2025

Net debt (below zero)

-$6.6B

$6.6B more debt than cash

FY2016: Net cash -$5.2BFY2017: Net cash -$5.0BFY2018: Net cash -$5.6BFY2019: Net cash -$6.7BFY2020: Net cash -$6.5BFY2021: Net cash -$6.4BFY2022: Net cash -$8.0BFY2023: Net cash -$7.1BFY2024: Net cash -$6.7BFY2025: Net cash -$6.6B
FY2016FY2025

Every figure, year by year

Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
The business
Revenue$15.2B$15.5B$15.5B$15.7B$16.5B$17.4B$18.0B$19.5B$20.1B$20.4B
Revenue growth-5.2%1.7%0.6%1.0%5.0%5.8%3.1%8.3%3.3%1.4%
Gross margin60.0%60.0%59.4%59.4%60.8%59.6%57.0%58.2%60.5%60.1%
Operating margin26.0%24.0%23.8%22.6%23.6%19.1%16.1%20.5%21.2%16.2%
Net income$2.4B$2.0B$2.4B$2.4B$2.7B$2.2B$1.8B$2.3B$2.9B$2.1B
Net margin16.1%13.1%15.4%15.1%16.4%12.4%9.9%11.8%14.4%10.5%
Diluted EPS$2.72$2.28$2.75$2.75$3.14$2.55$2.13$2.77$3.51$2.63
Return on invested capital?55.1%46.5%49.4%39.9%42.3%36.1%25.5%37.4%47.7%36.8%
Cash
Operating cash flow$3.1B$3.1B$3.1B$3.1B$3.7B$3.3B$2.6B$3.7B$4.1B$4.2B
Capital expenditure$593.0M$553.0M$436.0M$335.0M$409.0M$567.0M$696.0M$705.0M$561.0M$564.0M
Free cash flow$2.5B$2.5B$2.6B$2.8B$3.3B$2.8B$1.9B$3.0B$3.5B$3.6B
Stock-based compensation$123.0M$127.0M$109.0M$100.0M$107.0M$135.0M$125.0M$122.0M$135.0M$155.0M
Owner earnings?$2.4B$2.4B$2.5B$2.7B$3.2B$2.6B$1.7B$2.9B$3.4B$3.5B
Free cash flow per share$2.84$2.82$3.00$3.25$3.85$3.25$2.22$3.67$4.31$4.48
Capital allocation
Dividends paid––––––––––
Share repurchases$1.3B$1.4B$1.2B$1.2B$1.5B$1.3B$1.3B$1.1B$1.7B$1.2B
Diluted shares898.4M887.8M873.0M861.1M859.3M848.3M838.8M829.2M823.2M811.1M
Share count change?-1.2%-1.2%-1.7%-1.4%-0.2%-1.3%-1.1%-1.1%-0.7%-1.5%
Balance sheet
Cash and equivalents$1.3B$1.5B$726.0M$883.0M$888.0M$832.0M$775.0M$966.0M$1.1B$1.3B
Short-term investments–––––––$179.0M$160.0M$107.0M
Total debt$6.5B$6.6B$6.4B$7.6B$7.3B$7.2B$8.8B$8.2B$7.9B$8.0B
Net debt$5.2B$5.0B$5.6B$6.7B$6.5B$6.4B$8.0B$7.1B$6.7B$6.6B
Shareholders' equity-$243.0M-$60.0M-$102.0M$117.0M$743.0M$609.0M$401.0M$609.0M$212.0M$54.0M

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