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Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL)

-NYSE

107.71 Down 0.29(0.27%) 10:34AM EST - Nasdaq Real Time Price

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:50.97B
Enterprise Value (Nov 26, 2012)3:55.47B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):21.16
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2013)1:18.35
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.42
Price/Sales (ttm):3.01
Price/Book (mrq):20.35
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:3.27
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:12.73
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):14.52%
Operating Margin (ttm):23.18%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):18.77%
Return on Equity (ttm):94.13%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):16.97B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):35.44
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-1.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):9.59B
EBITDA (ttm)6:4.36B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.46B
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.10
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):1.70%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):995.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.11
Total Debt (mrq):5.25B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):194.51
Current Ratio (mrq):1.29
Book Value Per Share (mrq):5.31
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):2.97B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):2.17B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.36
52-Week Change3:22.34%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:18.16%
52-Week High (Oct 17, 2012)3:110.97
52-Week Low (Jan 24, 2012)3:87.22
50-Day Moving Average3:106.44
200-Day Moving Average3:104.16
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:1,763,950
Avg Vol (10 day)3:1,356,860
Shares Outstanding5:472.48M
Float:469.79M
% Held by Insiders1:0.29%
% Held by Institutions1:74.40%
Shares Short (as of Oct 31, 2012)3:4.51M
Short Ratio (as of Oct 31, 2012)3:2.80
Short % of Float (as of Oct 31, 2012)3:0.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:5.37M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:2.48
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:2.30%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.44
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:2.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.30%
Payout Ratio4:47.00%
Dividend Date3:Nov 14, 2012
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 19, 2012
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jul 1, 1999

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2011)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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