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Colgate-Palmolive Co (BUE:CL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 22.20 (As of May. 06, 2025)


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What is Colgate-Palmolive Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-05-06), Colgate-Palmolive Co's current share price is ARS36625.00. Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS1,649.88. Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 22.20.

The historical rank and industry rank for Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:CL' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 19.56   Med: 24.78   Max: 30.23
Current: 24.18

During the past years, Colgate-Palmolive Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 30.23. The lowest was 19.56. And the median was 24.78.

BUE:CL's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
56.69% of 695 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 20.56 vs BUE:CL: 24.18

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Colgate-Palmolive Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was ARS1,867.851. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is ARS1,649.88 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Colgate-Palmolive Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Colgate-Palmolive Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Colgate-Palmolive Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.60 25.47 22.93 22.36 24.34

Colgate-Palmolive Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 24.98 26.43 28.12 24.34 24.97

Competitive Comparison of Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Colgate-Palmolive Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=36625.00/1649.88
=22.20

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Colgate-Palmolive Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Colgate-Palmolive Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=1867.851/134.9266*134.9266
=1,867.851

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Colgate-Palmolive Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 10.098 100.684 13.532
201509 21.958 100.392 29.512
201512 26.175 99.792 35.391
201603 24.335 100.470 32.681
201606 26.622 101.688 35.324
201609 42.451 101.861 56.231
201612 33.178 101.863 43.947
201703 29.588 102.862 38.811
201706 28.097 103.349 36.682
201709 49.646 104.136 64.325
201712 38.134 104.011 49.469
201803 34.211 105.290 43.841
201806 49.909 106.317 63.339
201809 100.372 106.507 127.155
201812 97.459 105.998 124.057
201903 72.547 107.251 91.268
201906 88.487 108.070 110.478
201909 162.479 108.329 202.371
201912 180.116 108.420 224.151
202003 148.810 108.902 184.372
202006 226.925 108.767 281.502
202009 225.356 109.815 276.889
202012 228.020 109.897 279.953
202103 155.847 111.754 188.162
202106 166.285 114.631 195.725
202109 297.014 115.734 346.268
202112 326.886 117.630 374.954
202203 100.793 121.301 112.115
202206 150.520 125.017 162.451
202209 394.727 125.227 425.303
202212 272.582 125.222 293.707
202303 406.957 127.348 431.176
202306 465.969 128.729 488.404
202309 1,257.585 129.860 1,306.656
202312 1,232.203 129.419 1,284.637
202403 1,698.465 131.776 1,739.071
202406 2,847.289 132.554 2,898.257
202409 3,581.271 133.029 3,632.359
202412 4,008.230 133.157 4,061.495
202503 1,867.851 134.927 1,867.851

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Colgate-Palmolive Co  (BUE:CL) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Colgate-Palmolive Co Business Description

Address
300 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10022
Since its founding in 1806, Colgate-Palmolive has grown to become a leading player in the household and personal care arena. In addition to its namesake oral care line (which accounts for more than 40% of its total sales), the firm manufactures shampoos, shower gels, deodorants, and homecare products that are sold in over 200 countries. International sales account for about 70% of its total business, including approximately 45% from emerging regions. It also owns specialty pet food maker Hill's (around one fifth of sales), which primarily sells its products through veterinarians and specialty pet retailers.