Use ColgatePalmolive performance together with your portfolio to protect against small markets fluctuations and to determine Stock optimization strategy that fits your criteria.
If you would invest 9,947 in ColgatePalmolive on April 25, 2012 and sell it today you would lose (34.00) from holding ColgatePalmolive or give up 0.34% of portfolio value over 30 days. ColgatePalmolive is generating negative expected returns and assumes 0.81% volatility on return distribution over the 30 days horizon. Put differently, 13% of equity instruments are less risky than the company on the bases of their historical return distribution and some 99% of equities are expected to be superior in generating returns on investments over the next 30 days.
Daily Expected Return (%)
Risk [Daily Volatility] (%)
Allowing for 30-days total investment horizon, ColgatePalmolive is expected to generate 1.07 times more return on investment than the market. However, the company is 1.07 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about -0.02 of its potential returns per unit of risk. The NYSE is currently generating roughly -0.39 per unit of risk.
ColgatePalmolive Operating Margin
Based on recorded statements ColgatePalmolive has Operating Margin of 22.98%. This is 586.86% lower than that of Consumer Goods sector, and 580.75% lower than that of Personal Products industry, The Operating Margin for all stocks is 547.95% lower than the firm.
A good Operating Margin is required for a company to be able to pay for its fixed costs or pay out its debt which implies that the higher the margin, the better. This ratio is most effective in evaluating the earning potential of a company over time when comparing it against firm's competitors.
Over the last 30 days ColgatePalmolive has generated negative risk-adjusted returns adding no value to investors with long positions.
1 Month Effecincy (a.k Sharpe Ratio) ...
-0.02
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Estimated Market Risk
0.81
actual daily
87 %
of total potential
Expected Return
-0.02
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1 %
of total potential
Risk-Adjusted Return
-0.02
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1 %
of total potential
Based on monthly moving average ColgatePalmolive is performing at about 0% of its full potential. If added to a well diversified portfolio the total return can be enhanced and market risk can be reduced. You can increase risk-adjusted return of ColgatePalmolive by adding it to a well-diversified portfolio.
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