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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CL, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.44 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How CL has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.44 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Colgate-Palmolive Company moved 0.44% on average · correlation 0.18 · higher than 45% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.21 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.59% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.71% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Household & Personal Products · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Household & Personal Products · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CL on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Colgate-Palmolive Company

CL in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Colgate-Palmolive makes and sells household and personal-care products worldwide, split between an Oral, Personal and Home Care segment and a Pet Nutrition segment. The first covers toothpaste, soaps, deodorants and cleaning products sold under names such as Colgate, Palmolive and Ajax; the second covers pet food sold under the Hill's brands to vets and retailers. It sells through traditional retailers, distributors, dentists and vets, and is headquartered in New York.
Where it sits in the stack
Colgate-Palmolive has no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in our universe under Consumer Defensive, in the Household & Personal Products sleeve, alongside other branded consumer-goods makers.
Who it is priced against
No peer group is set for it in our records; the comparison the market usually draws is with Procter & Gamble and Unilever as fellow branded household and personal-care makers.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500. It carries no Closelooknet score yet, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.
What the diary watches
Whether pricing and volume trends in its household and personal-care brands hold up against private-label competition, and how the Pet Nutrition segment's mix shifts over time.

Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 5 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Piper Sandler, 2026-09-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CL from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Piper Sandler — target 95 from 98 Target cut to $95 from $98 (+8.6% to spot) 2026-09-21
  • Downgrade UBS — Buy → Sell Downgraded to Sell from Buy 2026-09-11
  • Upgrade Bernstein — Market Perform → Buy Upgraded to Buy from Market Perform 2026-09-11

5 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 2 downgrades, 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.44%, quarterly · last 0.53 USD on 2026-07-20

Dividends and capital return

What CL pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.10 USD per share · a 2.44% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +2.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.04 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.53 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-20
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.48 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.98 USD · 2025: 2.06 USD · 2026: 1.58 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-20

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL)?

Colgate-Palmolive Company trades as CL on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is CL in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Colgate-Palmolive Company is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does CL trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -4.6% vs the 50-day and -2.2% vs the 200-day average, 12.8% below the 52-week high and +16.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Colgate-Palmolive Company trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Colgate-Palmolive Company had a beta of 0.44 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 45% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.59% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Colgate-Palmolive Company do?

Colgate-Palmolive makes and sells household and personal-care products worldwide, split between an Oral, Personal and Home Care segment and a Pet Nutrition segment. The first covers toothpaste, soaps, deodorants and cleaning products sold under names such as Colgate, Palmolive and Ajax; the second covers pet food sold under the Hill's brands to vets and retailers. It sells through traditional retailers, distributors, dentists and vets, and is headquartered in New York. No peer group is set for it in our records; the comparison the market usually draws is with Procter & Gamble and Unilever as fellow branded household and personal-care makers.

Where does Colgate-Palmolive Company sit in the AI build-out?

Colgate-Palmolive has no seat in our AI build-out index; it sits in our universe under Consumer Defensive, in the Household & Personal Products sleeve, alongside other branded consumer-goods makers. It holds a seat in the S&P 500. It carries no Closelooknet score yet, and the diary has not yet quoted it in an edition.

Does Colgate-Palmolive Company pay a dividend?

Colgate-Palmolive Company has paid 2.10 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.44% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.53 USD on 2026-07-20. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Colgate-Palmolive Company recently?

The most recent analyst action on Colgate-Palmolive Company on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Piper Sandler on 2026-09-21 (target 95 from 98). 5 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 2 downgrades, 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CL, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Household & Personal Products, then Consumer Defensive. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.