Colgate-Palmolive Co’s recently made public that its Chief Human Resources Officer Massey Sally unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.2 million on May 15 ’25. In the deal valued at $88.97 per share,2,250 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Massey Sally now holds 12,583 shares worth roughly $1.16 million.
Then, Massey Sally sold 8,000 shares, generating $736,152 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $92.02, the Chief Human Resources Officer now owns 14,805 shares.
Before that, Malcolm Gregory sold 1,054 shares. Colgate-Palmolive Co shares valued at $101,121 were divested by the EVP and Controller at a price of $95.94 per share. As a result of the transaction, Malcolm Gregory now holds 9,620 shares, worth roughly $0.88 million.
Stifel downgraded its Colgate-Palmolive Co [CL] rating to a Hold from a a Buy in a research note published on October 28, 2024; the price target was decreased to $101 from $105. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Piper Sandler’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late September with a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating. Wells Fargo also remained covering CL and has decreased its forecast on September 16, 2024 with a “an Underweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. Deutsche Bank revised its rating on September 09, 2024. It rated CL as “a Hold” which previously was an “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of CL
On Tuesday, Colgate-Palmolive Co [NYSE:CL] saw its stock jump 1.18% to $91.94. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.46%. Colgate-Palmolive Co shares have risen nearly 1.13% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -2.17% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Colgate-Palmolive Co?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Colgate-Palmolive Co stocks on 2025-05-15, growing by 0.68 million shares to a total of 12.13 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-04-15 was 11.46 million shares. There was a rise of 5.56%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
