Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) earnings on May 1, 2026
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Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
CL's stock price performed very well after its earnings announcement, closing significantly higher. This strong move occurred despite a negative outlook beforehand.
CL price around the earnings
87.28
Change: +2.2%
2026-05-01, 19:59 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
Analysts cautious — risk outweighs reward.
Experts are concerned about the stock's recent price drops and mixed analyst opinions, despite some upgrades. The current setup suggests potential downside may outweigh the upside.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts cautious — risk outweighs reward.
- Reasoning
- Experts are concerned about the stock's recent price drops and mixed analyst opinions, despite some upgrades. The current setup suggests a pessimistic scenario may outweigh the optimistic one.
- Playbook
- Given the current negative momentum and analyst target cuts, the scenario suggests waiting for a clearer positive context before considering new positions.
- Trend
- Outlook deteriorating over past three sessions.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Negative
While some analysts have upgraded the stock, others have lowered their price targets. The net effect of these changes suggests caution, as target reductions are more impactful than upgrades.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.1
- Analysts covering the stock
- 19
- Average price target
- 95.63
- Lowest price target
- 79
- Highest price target
- 105
- Upside to price target
- 16.9%
- Revenue growth
- 5.8%
- Forward EPS
- 4.09
- Trailing EPS
- 2.63
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 8
- Strong buy: 6
- Buy: 7
- Hold: 7
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 6
- Buy
- 7
- Hold
- 7
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 21, 2026 · Rothschild& Co: Upgrades rating (Neutral → Buy)
- April 17, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- April 14, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- April 10, 2026 · B of A Securities: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- April 8, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- April 8, 2026 · Piper Sandler: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- April 7, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- March 30, 2026 · Deutsche Bank: Upgrades rating (Hold → Buy)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
Online discussions show strong positive sentiment from individual investors, but this is not supported by market review volume, suggesting it may not reflect genuine conviction. Mixed news also adds to the uncertainty.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (9)
- Rothschild & Co Upgrades Colgate-Palmolive to Buy, Raises Price Target to $100 — Benzinga
- JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on Colgate-Palmolive, Lowers Price Target to $95 — Benzinga
- Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Colgate-Palmolive, Lowers Price Target to $79 — Benzinga
- B of A Securities Maintains Buy on Colgate-Palmolive, Lowers Price Target to $102 — Benzinga
- Wells Fargo Maintains Equal-Weight on Colgate-Palmolive, Lowers Price Target to $92 — Benzinga
- Piper Sandler Maintains Overweight on Colgate-Palmolive, Lowers Price Target to $92 — Benzinga
- UBS Maintains Buy on Colgate-Palmolive, Lowers Price Target to $98 — Benzinga
- Deutsche Bank Upgrades Colgate-Palmolive to Buy, Raises Price Target to $98 — Benzinga
- Elon Musk's X Loses Advertiser Boycott Lawsuit As 'Teflon Elon' Legal Streak Unravels — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock's recent performance has been significantly weaker than the broader market. It is currently market review closer to its support level than its resistance level, which limits the optimistic scenario.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.4%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -17.6%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -4.2%
- 30-day change
- -11.5%
- 30-day relative strength
- -15.3%
- Benchmark change
- +3.8%
- Nearest support
- 81.8
- Nearest resistance
- 93.47
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.76
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +3.9%
- January 30, 2026: actual EPS 0.95 vs estimate 0.91 (surprise +4.2%)
- October 31, 2025: actual EPS 0.91 vs estimate 0.89 (surprise +2.4%)
- August 1, 2025: actual EPS 0.92 vs estimate 0.89 (surprise +2.8%)
- April 25, 2025: actual EPS 0.91 vs estimate 0.86 (surprise +6.1%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 2%
- 75th percentile move
- 4.4%
- 90th percentile move
- 5.1%
- Up / down moves
- 9 / 10
- Average up move
- +2.2%
- Average down move
- -3.0%
Monitoring and close
What Colgate-Palmolive Company reported
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Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- +2.2%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 4.6%