Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, consumer products giant Colgate-Palmolive
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Colgate's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Colgate facts
| Headquarters (founded) | New York (1806) |
| Market Cap | $50.1 billion |
| Industry | Household products |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $17.0 billion |
| Management | Chairman/CEO Ian Cook CFO Dennis Hickey |
| Return on Capital (average, past 3 years) | 33.9% |
| Cash/Debt | $1.1 billion / $5.4 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 2.4% |
| Competitors |
Church & Dwight Procter & Gamble Unilever |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 1,346 of the members who have rated Colgate believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those bulls, All-Star TMFDivine, tapped Colgate as a particularly attractive income opportunity: "Solid dividend company that may be able to outpace growth of rivals Procter & Gamble and Unilever in next five years. Has room to increase dividend and should benefit from low rate environment as more investors look for alternatives to treasuries."
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