Colgate-Palmolive stock holds near USD 87 after target cut

Published on 09/23/2026 at 08:44 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Colgate-Palmolive stock traded at USD 87.47 on September 21, 2026, after Piper Sandler cut its target to USD 95. Q1 EPS reached USD 0.97.

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Colgate-Palmolive stock (ISIN US1845021021) closed at USD 87.47 on the New York Stock Exchange on September 21, 2026, with the dated snapshot placing the shares 11.9 percent below the 52-week high of USD 99.33. The market capitalization stood near USD 69.99 billion.

Piper Sandler lowers its target

According to Ad hoc News on September 22, 2026, Piper Sandler reduced its price target from USD 98 to USD 95 while keeping its 2026 EPS estimate at USD 3.85. The report cited soft consumer demand and stronger competition in North America as the reasons for the lower target.

The revision gives the stock a concrete valuation checkpoint: the new target is USD 7.53 above the September 21 closing price, while the old target was USD 10.53 higher. That gap narrows the implied upside in the analyst view without changing the stated 2026 earnings estimate.

Quarterly earnings beat estimates

The same September 22 update reported Q1 2026 EPS of USD 0.97 against consensus of USD 0.94, a USD 0.03 beat. Revenue reached USD 5.32 billion, exceeding the USD 5.22 billion estimate by USD 0.10 billion.

Those figures provide a counterweight to the target reduction: earnings and revenue both came in above the cited estimates, but the analyst commentary points to demand and competitive pressure as factors that can limit the valuation multiple. The stock's 52-week range was USD 74.55 to USD 99.33 in the same dated market snapshot.

Stock remains below yearly high

On September 21, 2026, Colgate-Palmolive traded USD 12.92 above its 52-week low and USD 11.86 below its 52-week high. The price therefore sat closer to the middle of the annual range than to either extreme, while the market capitalization remained near USD 69.99 billion.

Colgate-Palmolive stock closed at USD 87.47 on the New York Stock Exchange on September 21, 2026. The latest cited quarterly comparison is Q1 2026 EPS of USD 0.97 versus USD 0.94 consensus and revenue of USD 5.32 billion versus USD 5.22 billion.