Analyst ratings
21 analysts have weighed in: a Strong Buy consensus: 13 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $98.35.
NYSE: CL · Household & Personal Products
Over the past week, Colgate-Palmolive (CL) racked up about 106 mentions across Reddit, X and news, and the read is an Adanos Sell. The crowd averages 33% bullish but is at odds: Reddit runs 50% bullish while X sits at just 16%. Wall Street is more constructive, with 13 of 21 analysts rating CL a buy.
There is little buzz around CL this week and little agreement on direction, which is why it reads as a Sell.
Wall Street’s 62% buy share sits next to a crowd that ranges from X at 16% to Reddit at 50%. No other tracker puts the two side by side.
21 analysts have weighed in: a Strong Buy consensus: 13 buy calls against 0 sell, with an average 12-month price target of $98.35.
The Adanos signal blends each source’s bullish ratio, source breadth, buzz intensity and 3-day momentum. This week bullish sits just below the neutral line, momentum is cooling and the 3 sources disagree sharply, so the read is a Sell.
Analysts sit 29 points above the crowd average of 33%, the professionals are more constructive than retail. The split is inside the crowd: Reddit reads 50% bullish while X sits at 16%, a 34-point spread that single-source trackers miss.
Weekly price context: this Alpha Vantage chart keeps its own dated range; the sentiment metrics elsewhere on this page may be newer. Over the 30-day window, Colgate-Palmolive (CL) buzz held moderate around 49.6 while the price drifted up 1.7% across the period. The chart tracks how social and news attention moved against end-of-day price. Average daily trading volume across the displayed trading days is 5.4M shares. Updated Oct 10, 2026. Over the last 7 trading days, CL gained 4.4%. Buzz activity in the recent week averaged 34.4 and was variable, swinging between 26.8 and 49.6. Recent volume is in line with the 30-day average, reflecting steady institutional and retail participation. Daily crowd sentiment leaned bullish on 15 of the 21 days with directional mentions, shown as the green, grey and red breakdown bars below the chart.
Signal metrics use the latest 7 days; contributor and breadth context uses the 30-day chart window.
No Polymarket data for this stock this week.
Query sentiment for CL and 2110+ stocks from your terminal. Filter by source, timeframe and signal strength.
View CLIEmbed live CL sentiment on your own site with drop-in web components.
View WidgetsThis week’s sentiment from Adanos, with fundamentals and analyst consensus. A quick-reference snapshot for Oct 12, 2026.
| Adanos signal | Sell |
|---|---|
| Analyst consensus | Strong Buy (13 / 8 / 0) |
| Crowd bullish (7d) | 33% |
| Avg price target | $98.35 |
| Most bullish source | Reddit, 50% |
| Most bearish source | X, 16% |
| Sentiment spread | 34 pts |
| Mentions (7d) | 106 |
| Market cap | $70.23B |
| P/E · Forward P/E | 34.7 · 21.0 |
| EPS · Beta | $2.54 · 0.3 |
| Revenue (TTM) | $21.05B · 10% margin |
| Industry | Household & Personal Products |
Based on aggregated sentiment from Reddit, X and News sources, Colgate-Palmolive (CL) currently carries an Adanos sell signal with 93/100 conviction. The current cross-source average reads 33% bullish across 3 active sources. Those sources contribute 106 tracked mentions over the last 7 days. This is a sentiment-based reading, not financial advice.
Reddit discussion around Colgate-Palmolive (CL) is fairly quiet with 4 mentions over the last 7 days; the 30-day context spans 8 tracked subreddits. The 7-day tone is 50% bullish; 3-day activity momentum is falling, suggesting cooling attention.
The crowd reads bearish on Colgate-Palmolive (CL), averaging 33% bullish across 3 tracked sources over the last 7 days. The two ends of the range are Reddit at 50% bullish and X at 16%, a 34-point spread. On the professional side, 13 of 21 analysts rate CL a buy.
Of the 21 analysts covering Colgate-Palmolive (CL), 13 rate it a buy, 8 a hold and 0 a sell, for a strong buy consensus. The average price target is $98.35. That puts the street ahead of the crowd, which averages 33% bullish.
Colgate-Palmolive (CL)'s cross-source average is bearish at 33% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. Reddit reads 50% bullish, News reads 32% bullish and x coverage is the most negative at 16% bullish. The combined signal points to broad sell-side pressure with 93/100 conviction.
The cross-source average is bearish for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) at 33% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. The most bearish reading is x at 16% bullish. 3-day activity momentum is falling across Reddit and X and News. The sell signal carries 93/100 conviction.
X is the dominant discussion channel with 67 mentions (63% of total volume). News contributes 35 mentions and Reddit contributes 4 mentions. The cross-source average is bearish at 33% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish.
The Adanos signal blends bullish ratio, buzz score, source breadth and 3-day activity momentum into a single buy/sell reading. CL's sell signal at 93/100 conviction reflects a bearish cross-source average at 33% bullish. Source readings are split: 2 sources lean bearish and 1 source sits at 50% bullish. It is a research shortcut, not financial advice.
The CL sentiment page is regenerated from the latest 7-day tracking window at each build. Data reflects the most recent Reddit posts, tweets and news articles available in the current publishing cycle.
Peers are ranked first by matching the Sell signal, then by the closest bullish ratio. Discussion activity breaks any remaining ties.
Every data point on this page comes from the Adanos sentiment APIs. Get a free API key and start querying Reddit, X, News and Polymarket sentiment programmatically.
Get Free API Key