Colgate-Palmolive Co. [NYSE: CL] gained 0.40% or 0.41 points to close at $103.47 with a heavy trading volume of 2897359 shares.
The daily chart for CL points out that the company has recorded 21.29% gains over the past six months.
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If we look at the average trading volume of 4.06M shares, CL reached to a volume of 2897359 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Colgate-Palmolive Co. [CL]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CL shares is $106.75 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CL stock is a recommendation set at 1.96. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
HSBC Securities have made an estimate for Colgate-Palmolive Co. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on July 26, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Jefferies raised their target price from $103 to $95. The new note on the price target was released on July 24, 2024, representing the official price target for Colgate-Palmolive Co. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $110, while TD Cowen analysts kept a Buy rating on CL stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Colgate-Palmolive Co. is set at 1.69, with the Price to Sales ratio for CL stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 4.23. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 687.37, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 1.63. Price to Free Cash Flow for CL in the course of the last twelve months was 25.18 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.70.
Trading performance analysis for CL stock
Colgate-Palmolive Co. [CL] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.26. With this latest performance, CL shares gained by 7.17% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 21.29% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 40.20% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CL stock in for the last two-week period is set at 62.77, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 64.76, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 61.92 for Colgate-Palmolive Co. [CL]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 98.72, while it was recorded at 102.36 for the last single week of trading, and 88.37 for the last 200 days.
Colgate-Palmolive Co. [CL]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.70 and a Current Ratio set at 1.06.
Colgate-Palmolive Co. [CL]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
With the latest financial reports released by the company, Colgate-Palmolive Co. posted 0.86/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.8/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 0.06. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Colgate-Palmolive Co. go to 8.54%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Colgate-Palmolive Co. [CL]
There are presently around $84.80%, or 84.89%% of CL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 80.32 million shares, which is approximately 9.7614%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 61.62 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$5.98 billion in CL stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$4.53 billion in CL stock with ownership which is approximately 5.6699%.
