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Colgate-Palmolive vs Kimberly-Clark (CL vs KMB)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Colgate-Palmolive (CL) returned +25.6% and Kimberly-Clark (KMB) +8.4%; so far this year the figures are +22.2% and +7.5%.
Colgate-Palmolive is the larger company by market value, about 2.1 times the size of Kimberly-Clark.
On trailing earnings, CL trades at 37.7 times and KMB at 10.9 times.
Revenue grew +5.9% at CL and +0.6% at KMB over the last year.
CL yields 2.19%. KMB yields 4.70%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| CL | KMB | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $96.56 | $108.43 |
| 1-day | -2.16% | -1.84% |
| YTD | +22.20% | +7.47% |
| 1 year | +25.55% | +8.38% |
| 3 years | +28.87% | -9.24% |
| Market cap | $76.8B | $36.1B |
| P/E | 37.7 | 10.9 |
| P/S | 3.61 | 2.18 |
| P/B | 266.52 | 12.30 |
| Revenue growth | +5.90% | +0.60% |
| EPS growth | -28.30% | +67.70% |
| Gross margin % | 60.6 | 36.5 |
| Net margin % | 9.6 | 19.9 |
| ROE % | 712.8 | 112.6 |
| Debt / equity | 28.82 | 2.21 |
| FCF yield % | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| Dividend yield % | 2.19 | 4.70 |
| Beta | -0.11 | 0.05 |
| RSI (14) | 58.7 | 55.8 |
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