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Profile - Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug 15Dividend payment of $0.18
Location
300 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 310-2000
Fax: (212) 310-3284
Email: investor_relations@colpal.com
Employees (last reported count): 38,300
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Competitors:
 ·Sector: Consumer Non-Cyclical
 ·Industry: Personal & Household Products
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 ·S&P 500
Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 3%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · one insider sell; 8,000  shares
·Institutional: 68% (70% of float)
(1,518 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 5.30M shares (+1.38%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Colgate-Palmolive Company manufactures and markets a wide variety of products in the United States and around the world in two distinct business segments, Oral, Personal and Household Care, and Pet Nutrition. Oral, Personal and Household Care products include toothpaste, oral rinses and toothbrushes, bar and liquid soaps, shampoos, conditioners, deodorants and antiperspirants, shave products, laundry and dishwashing detergents, fabric softeners, cleansers and cleaners, bleaches and other similar items. These products are sold primarily to wholesale and retail distributors worldwide. Pet Nutrition products include pet food products manufactured and marketed by Hill's Pet Nutrition. The principal customers for Pet Nutrition products are veterinarians and specialty pet retailers.
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Financial Summary
Colgate-Palmolive Company manufactures and markets a wide variety of products in the U.S. and around the world in two distinct business segments: Oral, Personal and Household Care, and Pet Nutrition. For the six months ended 6/30/01, sales rose 1% to $4.62 billion. Net income applicable to Comm. rose 11% to $545 million. Revenues benefitted from worldwide unit volume gains due to the introduction of new products. Net income also reflects cost efficiency programs.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Reuben Mark, 62
Chairman, CEO
$12.2M--  
William Shanahan, 60
Pres
7.6M$10.8M
Stephen Patrick, 51
CFO
1.6M2.2M
Barrie Spelling, 57
Pres - Global Oral Care
--  --  
Robert Wheeler, 59
CEO of Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
--  --  
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:CLAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 21-Sep-2000
$42.50 
Recent Price$54.15 
52-Week High
on 29-Dec-2000
$65.69 
Beta1.14 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)1.66M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)1.37M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+4.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+40.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$30.1B
Shares Outstanding555.0M
Float538.3M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.72 
Dividend Yield1.33%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 1-July-1999
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$1.31 
Earnings (ttm)$1.81 
Earnings (mrq)$0.47 
Sales (ttm)$15.20 
Cash (mrq)$0.46 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)41.27 
Price/Earnings (ttm)29.98 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.56 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$9.40B
EBITDA (ttm)$1.99B
Income available to common (ttm)$1.10B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)11.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)17.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)15.48%
Return on Equity (ttm)106.76%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.15 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.16 
Total Cash (mrq)$255.0M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short8.30M
Percent of Float1.5%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
7.23M
Short Ratio4.20 
Daily Volume1.98M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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