Use ColgatePalmolive to protect against small markets fluctuations. The stock experiences normal downward trend and little activity
1 Month Beta ..........
0.33
As returns on market increase, ColgatePalmolive returns are expected to increase less than the market. However during bear market, the loss on holding ColgatePalmolive will be expected to be smaller as well.
The median price of ColgatePalmolive for the period between Wed, Apr 25, 2012 and Fri, May 25, 2012 is 99.18 with a coefficient of variation of 0.74. The daily time series for the period is distributed with a sample standard deviation of 0.74, arithmetic mean of 99.41, and mean deviation of 0.54. The Stock received substential amount of media coverage during this period.
ColgatePalmolive [CL] is traded on American Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in New York City, NY and employs 38,600 people. The company currently falls under 'Large-Cap' category with market capitalization of 47.15 B. ColgatePalmolive is active under Consumer Goods sector as part of Personal Products industry. This company has 477.25 M outstanding shares of which 5.22 M shares are currently sold short in the market by investors with about 2.1 days to cover all shorted shares.
ColgatePalmolive Liquidity
COLGATE PALMOLIVE reports about 1.13 B in cash with 2.88 B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 2.36.
The company reports 4.97 B of total liabilities with total debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 1.99 which is normal for its line of buisiness. ColgatePalmolive has Current Ratio of 1.16 indicating that it is in a questionable position to pay out its debt commitments in time.