Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) operates as a global consumer products manufacturer serving more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company's website is www.colgatepalmolive.com. Founded in 1806 and incorporated in Delaware in 1923, Colgate-Palmolive has established itself as a leader across… From the company’s description.
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What Colgate-Palmolive does
In the company’s own words
Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) operates as a global consumer products manufacturer serving more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company's website is www.colgatepalmolive.com. Founded in 1806 and incorporated in Delaware in 1923, Colgate-Palmolive has established itself as a leader across multiple consumer categories through a portfolio of trusted, globally recognized brands.
The company operates through two primary segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care, and Pet Nutrition. The Oral, Personal and Home Care segment generated 77 percent of total worldwide net sales in 2025, comprising oral care products at 44 percent of sales, personal care at 17 percent, and home care at 16 percent. Within oral care, Colgate-Palmolive maintains global leadership in toothpaste and manual toothbrush categories, marketing products under brands including Colgate, Darlie, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, and Tom's of Maine. The personal care division leads in liquid hand soap globally and offers products under Palmolive, Protex, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Lady Speed Stick, Sanex, Speed Stick, EltaMD, Filorga, and PCA SKIN. Home care products include Ajax, Axion, Palmolive, Fabuloso, Murphy, and fabric conditioners like Suavitel and Soupline.
The Pet Nutrition segment, operating under the Hill's brand, contributed 23 percent of total net sales in 2025. Hill's markets specialty pet nutrition products for dogs and cats across three primary brands: Hill's Science Diet for everyday nutritional needs, Hill's Prescription Diet for therapeutic support, and Prime100, a fresh pet food brand. Pet Nutrition products are sold in over 80 countries through pet specialty retailers, veterinarians, and eCommerce channels.
Colgate-Palmolive employs approximately 33,600 people across more than 100 countries, with roughly two-thirds of revenues generated outside the United States. The company maintains significant geographic diversity, with approximately 33 percent of employees in Asia Pacific, 31 percent in Latin America, 17 percent in North America, 15 percent in Europe, and 4 percent in Africa and Eurasia. The company's products reach consumers through traditional retail, eCommerce, social commerce, and direct-to-consumer channels. Walmart and its affiliates represented approximately 11 percent of net sales in 2025, making it the company's largest customer.
Company details
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry (SIC)
- Personal Care
- Headquarters
- NEW YORK, NY
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 21665
- SIC
- 2844
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Colgate-Palmolive — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Colgate-Palmolive’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
Colgate-Palmolive’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 13 issues of Colgate-Palmolive’s debt, $344.28M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 3.63%, maturing 2027 to 2047.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
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