CL - Colgate-Palmolive Company
Some of the most boring products in your grocery cart have quietly funded dividend streaks stretching back decades, and five companies selling those exact staples are still raising payouts even as their own businesses face serious headwinds.
Colgate-Palmolive has paid a dividend since 1895 and has 63 years of consecutive dividend growth. To collect around $1,000 in dividend income annually from a Colgate-Palmolive stock purchase, a $43,239 investment would be required.
These consumer staples sell everyday brands that have funded decades of consistent dividends.
CL's fundamentals are supported by global diversification, emerging-market growth and Hill's strength, while CLX leans on recovery and GOJO.
With the 10-year Treasury yield punishing rate-sensitive stocks, five consumer staples giants are quietly doing something bonds never can: growing their payouts year after year, backed by the products in every household on earth.
A gas station attendant and part-time janitor from Vermont quietly accumulated over 95 stocks across five decades, and what his neighbors discovered after his death in 2014 stunned an entire community.
CL's innovation, premiumization and emerging-market expansion are strengthening its brands and creating avenues for long-term growth.
On a $3,000 combined investment, these Dividend Kings would pay $79 in income over the next year.
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Colgate-Palmolive has sent dividend checks without interruption since Grover Cleveland's second term, but a 130-year streak and a shrinking North American business now sit in uncomfortable tension with a premium valuation that leaves almost no room for error.
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.53 per common share, payable on November 13, 2026, to shareholders of record on October 20, 2026. The Company has paid uninterrupted dividends on its common stock since 1895. * * * Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care.
Two Dividend Kings with 50-plus years of consecutive raises have reported earnings, and one of them is funding its payout in a way that should raise eyebrows. The question is whether that really makes it the riskier bet.
CL is betting on premium innovation, higher ad spending and targeted pricing to revive North America growth after a weak second quarter.
Colgate is reportedly shopping Softsoap, Irish Spring, and Speed Stick with Goldman Sachs running the process, but the names most investors would expect to step up all have reasons to sit this one out.
Colgate-Palmolive is upgraded to a buy as organic growth momentum returns and profitability remains sector-leading. CL's recent organic sales growth of 2.4% and 2026 guidance approaching long-term targets underpin optimism for multiple expansions. Despite a premium forward P/E (~22.7x), CL's superior EBITDA margins, robust free cash flow, and dividend reliability justify its valuation.