Stock Update (NYSE:CL): Personal Products Stocks Technical Data — The Procter & Gamble, Avon Products, Colgate-Palmolive, and Kimberly-Clark

[Accesswire] – NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / January 28, 2016 / Park Lane Advisor has initiated coverage on the following equities: The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG), Avon Products Inc. (NYSE: AVP), Colgate-Palmolive … Read more on this. Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL) , valued at $58.14B, began trading this morning at $64.56. Looking at today’s market, CL one day range is $64.32 to $64.92 with a one year range of $50.84 to $71.56. CL shares are currently priced at 23.05x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry ’s 17.17x forward p/e ratio. And for those looking to make a return holding the stock, the company pays shareholders $1.52 per share annually in dividends, yielding 2.38%. In a review of the consensus earnings estimate this quarter, 21 sell-side analysts are looking at $0.72 per share, which would be $0.04 worse than the year-ago quarter and a $0.02 sequential decrease. What we find to be interesting is that the full-year EPS estimate of $2.79 is a $0.14 setback when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is predicated on a consensus revenue forecast of $3.93 Billion. If reported, that would be a 6.87% decrease over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Exane BNP Paribas upgraded CL from Neutral to Outperform (Jan 15, 2016). Previously, RBC Capital Mkts downgraded CL from Outperform to Sector Perform. Investors should keep in mind is that the average price target is $69.72, which is 7.99% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:CL) Similar Articles: Stock Update: Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) – Colgate-Palmolive Returns With Its Annual ‘Haz la U’ Educational Grant Program in Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month Stock Update: Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) – Colgate-Palmolive Webcasts Presentation at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference Market Update: Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) – Colgate-Palmolive sales fall for fourth straight quarter