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CL vs UL
Side-by-side comparison of Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) and Unilever PLC (UL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CL and UL operate in Package Goods/Cosmetics (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
- UL is the larger of the two at $134.62B, about 1.9x CL ($71.71B).
- Over the past year, CL is up 21.5% and UL is down 4.8% - CL leads by 26.3 points.
- CL has been more active in the news (4 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for UL).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Unilever PLC
- Price
- $94.32+1.62%
- $65.23+2.15%
- Market cap
- $71.71B
- $134.62B
- 1M return
- +8.43%
- +4.46%
- 1Y return
- +21.50%
- -4.80%
- Industry
- Package Goods/Cosmetics
- Package Goods/Cosmetics
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2025
- News (4w)
- 4
- 2
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Colgate-Palmolive Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells consumer products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Oral, Personal and Home Care; and Pet Nutrition. The Oral, Personal and Home Care segment's products include toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, bar and liquid hand soaps, shower gels, shampoos, conditioners, deodorants and antiperspirants, skin health products, dishwashing detergents, fabric conditioners, household cleaners, and other similar items. This segment markets and sells its products to various retailers, wholesalers, and distributors. The Pet Nutrition segment offers pet nutrition products for everyday nutritional needs; and a range of therapeutic products to manage disease conditions in dogs and cats. This segment markets and sells its products through pet supply retailers, veterinarians, and eCommerce retailers. Its principal global and regional trademarks include Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom's of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, Lady Speed Stick, PCA Skin, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Murphy, Soupline, and Suavitel, as well as Hill's Science Diet and Hill's Prescription Diet. Colgate-Palmolive Company was founded in 1806 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Unilever PLC
Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through Beauty & Personal Care, Foods & Refreshment, and Home Care segments. The Beauty & Personal Care segment provides skin care and hair care products, deodorants, and skin cleansing products under the Axe, Clear, Dove, Lifebuoy, Lux, Pond's, Rexona, Signal, Suave, Sunsilk, TRESemmé, and Vaseline brands. The Foods & Refreshment segment offers ice cream, soups, bouillons, seasonings, mayonnaise, ketchups, and tea categories under the Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Brooke Bond, Heart (Wall's), Hellmann's, Knorr, Lipton, Magnum, The Vegetarian Butcher, and Unilever Food Solutions brands. The Home Care segment provides fabric solutions, and home care and hygiene products under the Cif, Omo, Persil, Domestos, Seventh Generation, and Sunlight brands. Unilever PLC was incorporated in 1894 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
Latest CL
- Director Norrington Lorrie M was granted 300 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.70% to 43,310 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Newman Brian was granted 214 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 8,058 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Bilbrey John P was granted 271 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.67% to 40,725 units (SEC Form 4)
- Tom's of Maine Introduces Hydroxyapatite Toothpaste to Meet Rising Consumer Demand
- COO, CD, EMEA, APac, Skin Tsourapas Panagiotis was granted 4,597 shares, increasing direct ownership by 67% to 11,447 units (SEC Form 4)
- COO, Americas Grant Shane was granted 7,355 shares, increasing direct ownership by 10% to 79,503 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chairman, President & CEO Wallace Noel R. was granted 29,649 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 379,700 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Growth Officer Hazlin John was granted 3,908 shares, increasing direct ownership by 17% to 27,021 units (SEC Form 4)
- CLO and Secretary Fishbone Betsy was granted 2,207 shares, increasing direct ownership by 16% to 16,050 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Financial Officer Sutula Stanley J Iii was granted 8,045 shares, increasing direct ownership by 11% to 79,029 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest UL
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Unilever PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Unilever PLC
- SEC Form 425 filed by Unilever PLC
- SEC Form 425 filed by Unilever PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Unilever PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Unilever PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Unilever PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Unilever PLC
- SEC Form 6-K filed by Unilever PLC
- SEC Form 425 filed by Unilever PLC