Colgate-Palmolive Co. operates in the Toilet preparations sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Colgate-Palmolive Co. with three other
companies in this sector in the United States:
Estee Lauder Companies Inc
(2018
sales of $13.68 billion
of which 41%
was Makeup),
Shiseido Co Ltd
($9.93 billion
of which 42%
was Japan Business), and
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
($18.49 billion
of which 49%
was Personal Care).
Sales Analysis.
Colgate-Palmolive Co. reported sales of $15.54 billion
for the
year ending
December of 2018.
This
represents
a very small
increase of 0.6%
versus 2017, when the company's sales were $15.45 billion.
Sales of Pet Nutrition saw an increase
that was more than double the company's growth rate: sales were up
4.2% in 2018, from
$2.29 billion to $2.39 billion.
Not all segments of Colgate-Palmolive Co. experienced an increase in sales in 2018:
sales of Oral, Personal and Homecare fell 0.0% to $13.16 billion.