Colgate-Palmolive Ownership | Who Owns Colgate-Palmolive?

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Colgate-Palmolive Ownership Summary

Colgate-Palmolive is owned by 34.60% institutional investors, 0.15% insiders, and 65.25% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.38% of CL shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.19% of its assets in Colgate-Palmolive shares.

CL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Colgate-Palmolive	34.60%	0.15%	65.25%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.61%	17.46%	48.94%
Industry	Household & Personal Products Stocks	38.55%	18.73%	42.72%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	83.95M	10.38%	$6.63B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	69.92M	8.71%	$6.41B
Blackrock	61.62M	7.49%	$5.98B
State street	47.02M	5.86%	$4.31B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	33.73M	4.17%	$2.87B
Geode capital management	22.90M	2.83%	$1.97B
Morgan stanley	20.88M	2.58%	$1.78B
Bank of new york mellon	13.53M	1.69%	$1.24B
Deutsche bank ag\	11.75M	1.46%	$1.08B
Norges bank	9.69M	1.21%	$888.02M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Guardcap asset management	1.30M	8.41%	$118.33M
Corefirst bank & trust	109.18K	4.98%	$10.01M
Amiral gestion	96.00K	4.55%	$8.18M
Paradiem	226.13K	4.47%	$20.73M
Rempart asset management	235.85K	4.43%	$21.62M
Coerente capital management	261.41K	4.41%	$23.97M
Diamond hill capital management	4.15M	3.05%	$380.66M
Cartenna capital, lp	850.00K	2.64%	$72.45M
Lgt capital partners	546.08K	2.53%	$50.06M
Ami asset management	479.13K	2.53%	$43.93M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	9.69M	0.09%	9.69M
Acadian asset management	7.94M	0.96%	4.78M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	4.59M	0.10%	4.59M
Goldman sachs group	9.48M	0.09%	3.98M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	33.73M	0.33%	2.54M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Gqg partners	-	-	-7.40M
Citadel advisors	3.18M	0.04%	-4.04M
Balyasny asset management	18.71K	0.00%	-2.98M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	69.92M	0.10%	-2.73M
Pacer advisors	-	-	-2.60M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	9.69M	0.09%	9.69M	$888.02M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	4.59M	0.10%	4.59M	$390.80M
Vanguard global advisers	1.77M	0.08%	1.77M	$150.68M
Vanguard asset management	1.60M	0.12%	1.60M	$136.63M
Cartenna capital, lp	850.00K	2.64%	850.00K	$72.45M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Longview financial advisors	-2.00
Curio wealth	-2.00
Goalvest advisory	-4.00
Sugar maple asset management	-5.00
Osterweis capital management	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	1,431	-25.82%	279,817,044	-58.35%	34	0.50%	643	-21.49%	506	-32.62%
Dec 31, 2025	1,647	-12.76%	531,690,387	-20.39%	65	0.96%	670	-5.63%	659	-12.72%
Sep 30, 2025	1,809	-7.33%	662,795,980	-1.84%	82	1.17%	681	-11.21%	721	-3.87%
Jun 30, 2025	1,928	-2.08%	674,820,717	0.76%	83	1.25%	761	-4.52%	740	-4.02%
Mar 31, 2025	5	-99.74%	1,081,506	-99.84%	-	0.00%	2	-99.76%	1	-99.86%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	25.90M	3.19%	-177.87K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	25.40M	3.17%	-105.29K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	25.40M	3.17%	-105.29K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	20.78M	2.60%	-321.07K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	10.80M	1.35%	17.20K
Fidelity 500 Index	10.27M	1.28%	-50.12K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	10.09M	1.24%	-221.59K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	9.88M	1.24%	8.35K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	9.83M	1.21%	-51.52K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	9.77M	1.21%	120.43K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 06, 2026	CAHILL JOHN T	-	Sell	$389.36K
Aug 05, 2026	Wallace Noel R.	Chairman, President & CEO	Sell	$14.90M
Aug 04, 2026	Wallace Noel R.	Chairman, President & CEO	Sell	$14.80M
May 15, 2026	Malcolm Gregory	EVP and Controller	Sell	$203.41K
May 07, 2026	Massey Sally	Chief People Officer	Sell	$751.63K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	3
2026 Q2	-	2
2026 Q1	-	8
2025 Q4	-	1
2025 Q3	-	-

CL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Colgate-Palmolive?

Colgate-Palmolive shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 34.60%, followed by 0.15% insiders and 65.25% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Colgate-Palmolive's industry, Household & Personal Products Stocks , is 38.55%, which Colgate-Palmolive falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Colgate-Palmolive?

Colgate-Palmolive’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (83.95M shares, 10.38%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (69.92M shares, 8.71%), and Blackrock (61.62M shares, 7.49%). Together, they hold 26.58% of Colgate-Palmolive’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Colgate-Palmolive?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.49% of Colgate-Palmolive, totaling 61.62M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.14% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 5.98B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 2.13M shares, a 3.59% change.

Who is Colgate-Palmolive’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Guardcap asset management is Colgate-Palmolive’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 8.41% of its assets in 1.3M Colgate-Palmolive shares, valued at 118.33M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Colgate-Palmolive shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Colgate-Palmolive shares, with 3.19% of its total shares outstanding invested in 25.9M Colgate-Palmolive shares.

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