Colgate-Palmolive (CL) In Good Books: Did You Stock Up?

 | Jul 15, 2016 07:24AM ET

New York City-based Colgate-Palmolive Co. (NYSE:CL) is the right choice for investors looking for growth as its stock price has been consistently ticking up. The stock has grown nearly 12% year to date and recorded about 10% growth in the last one year. Additionally, the company looks good from earnings’ perspective as it has a solid surprise history to its credit.

The company has a robust track record of either matching or outperforming our estimates. Over the past ten quarters, Colgate has delivered negative earnings surprise only in one quarter, while it met or beat estimates in the others. This represents an average positive earnings surprise of 0.4% in the last ten quarters.

COLGATE PALMOLI Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise/h3

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