Consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before the bell. Here’s what you need to know.
Colgate-Palmolive missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $4.94 billion, flat year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ EBITDA and organic revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Colgate-Palmolive’s revenue to decline 3.7% year on year to $4.88 billion, a reversal from the 6.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.86 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 1.5% on average.
Looking at Colgate-Palmolive’s peers in the consumer staples segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Kimberly-Clark’s revenues decreased 6% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 1%, and WD-40 reported revenues up 5%, falling short of estimates by 5.4%. Kimberly-Clark traded down 4.8% following the results while WD-40 was also down 8.7%.
Read our full analysis of Kimberly-Clark’s results here and WD-40’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the consumer staples stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.5% on average over the last month. Colgate-Palmolive is up 2.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $97.91 (compared to the current share price of $94.74).
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