Colgate-Palmolive (CL): A Dividend Classic Losing Its Pricing Power — Why It Scored Just 5.5/10
Travis Hoium and Dan Caplinger debate Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL), the iconic consumer staples giant whose pricing power may finally be slipping in an Amazon-driven world. They split sharply on the business and valuation, ultimately landing on a low overall score of 5.5 out of 10.
Topics covered:
• Why generic brands and Amazon are eroding Colgate’s once-dominant pricing power
• A 10-year revenue CAGR of just 2.4% and decades of market underperformance
• Leadership and whether the company needs a true outsider to shake things up
• Stagnant sales, stagnant earnings, and the case against carrying debt with no growth
• Five-year return outlook — and why Travis says just buy the S&P 500 instead
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