Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Colgate-Palmolive Co shares valued at $200,183 were sold by Massey Sally on May 15 ’25. At $88.97 per share, Massey Sally sold 2,250 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 12,583 shares worth approximately $1.17 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Massey Sally sold 8,000 shares, netting a total of over 736,152 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $92.02 each, the insider now holds 14,805 shares.
Before that, Malcolm Gregory had sold 1,054 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $101,121, the EVP and Controller traded Colgate-Palmolive Co shares for $95.94 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,054 shares, worth approximately $0.9 million.
As published in a research note from Stifel on October 28, 2024, Colgate-Palmolive Co [CL] has been rated down from a Buy to a Hold and the price target has been revised to $101 from $105. Analysts at Piper Sandler started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. As of September 16, 2024, Wells Fargo has decreased its “an Equal weight” rating to a “an Underweight” for CL. Earlier on September 09, 2024, Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for CL stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing CL Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Colgate-Palmolive Co [NYSE: CL] rose 1.12% to $93.14. The stock’s lowest price that day was $91.95, but it reached a high of $93.17 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.32%. Over the course of the year, Colgate-Palmolive Co shares have jumped approximately 2.45%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 58.66 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Colgate-Palmolive Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Colgate-Palmolive Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-05-30 dropping by -0.51 million shares to 11.51 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 12.02 million shares. A decline of -4.43% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.42 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.42.
Which companies own the most shares of Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL)?
In terms of Colgate-Palmolive Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 89 in the next 12 months, down nearly -3.38% from the previous closing price of $92.11. Analysts anticipate Colgate-Palmolive Co stock to reach 89 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 89. In spite of this, 17 analysts ranked Colgate-Palmolive Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
