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COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$20.38B$20.10B$19.46B$17.97B$17.42B$16.47B
Operating income$3.31B$4.27B$3.98B$2.89B$3.33B$3.88B
Net income$2.13B$2.89B$2.30B$1.78B$2.17B$2.69B
Total assets$16.33B$16.05B$16.39B$15.73B$15.04B$15.92B
Total liabilities$15.96B$15.50B$15.44B$14.93B$14.07B$14.82B
Equity$54.0M$212.0M$609.0M$401.0M$609.0M$743.0M
EPS (diluted)$2.63$3.51$2.77$2.13$2.55$3.14
Shares out.811.5M823.2M830.4M840.5M848.6M855.0M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
16.2%
Net margin
10.5%
Return on equity
3948.1%
Return on assets
13.1%
Return on capital (ROCE)
34.9%
Liabilities / assets
97.8%
Debt / equity
295.65×
Book value / share
$0.07
Revenue growth (YoY)
1.4%
Net income growth (YoY)
−26.2%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
6.21safe
Accruals / assets
12.7%clean
Beneish M-Score
-3.01normal
Piotroski F-Score
4/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
67
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

1 warning6 good
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 202619.8M3.7+15.0%
Apr 30, 202617.3M3.3-11.1%
Apr 15, 202619.4M3.7-9.1%
Mar 31, 202621.4M3.0+5.0%
Mar 13, 202620.3M3.0+4.1%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

All filings ↗
  • SDJun 1, 2026
  • 4May 18, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 4May 13, 2026
  • 8-KMay 13, 2026
  • 4May 11, 2026
  • 10-QMay 1, 2026
  • 8-KMay 1, 2026

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