Consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) will be announcing earnings results this Friday before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
Colgate-Palmolive beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $5.11 billion, up 1% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts’ revenue estimates but gross margin in line with analysts’ estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Colgate-Palmolive’s revenue to grow 2.1% year on year to $5.14 billion, in line with the 2.4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.89 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Colgate-Palmolive has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 0.9% on average.
Looking at Colgate-Palmolive’s peers in the household products segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Reynolds delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 2.3%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.4%, and WD-40 reported revenues up 4.8%, topping estimates by 6.2%. WD-40 traded up 2.6% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Reynolds’s results here and WD-40’s results here.
Debates over possible tariffs and corporate tax adjustments have raised questions about economic stability in 2025. While some of the household products stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 5.8% on average over the last month. Colgate-Palmolive is down 4.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $90.21 (compared to the current share price of $76).
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