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CL · CIK 0000021665 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31

COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO

SafeSEC 10-KClassic ZMaterials88th percentile in Materials · 260 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2025

4.11

Zone

Safe

Prior

—

Market DD

—

1y PD

—

Meridian Rank

75.73

0–100 · Classic Z tape · not a PD

  • Book standing

    88

  • Year change

    —

  • Market PD

    —

  • O-score

    43

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today. Not a live recompute.

  • Approaching grey

    watch · 41

    • Live Z: — → 4.11
    • Cut: — → 1.80

4.11

Z″ 6.21

−21.83.08+

Score 4.11 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.

    −0.07
    1.2 × = −0.08

  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    1.63
    1.4 × = 2.28

  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.

    0.20
    3.3 × = 0.67

  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.

    0.00
    0.6 × = 0.00

  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    1.25
    1 × = 1.25

Five-year path

Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings rather than invent a series.

Overview

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COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO is on classic Z at 4.11 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers; buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers, and X4 is book equity, not market cap.

Book screen Safe; market PD —. Tape not priced — not a single default call.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Classic Z scores · 88th percentile in Materials.

KPI widgets

Current assets

$5.7B

Total assets

$16.3B

Current liabilities

$6.9B

Total liabilities

$16.0B

Working capital

−$1.1B

Retained earnings

$26.6B

EBIT

$3.3B

Total sales

$20.4B

Book equity

$54M

Accession 0000021665-26-000006. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Classic Z is the live score. View as does not rewrite the live rank. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.