We recently published an article titled Traders Heavily Dumped These 10 Firms on Monday. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) stands against the other stocks.

A lackluster trading persisted on the stock market on Monday, with Wall Street’s major indices finishing mixed, as investors continued to digest and reposition portfolios ahead of more corporate earnings results.

Among the bellwether indices, only the Nasdaq finished in the red, dropping 0.10 percent. In contrast, the Dow Jones grew by 0.28 percent, and the S&P 500 inched up by 0.06 percent.

Meanwhile, 10 companies defied a predominantly optimistic market.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with a $2-billion market capitalization and $5-million trading volume.

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Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL)

Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) declined by 3.14 percent on Monday to finish at $90.96 each as investor sentiment was dampened by a lower revision of its full-year outlook, taking into account the potential impact of the ongoing global trade war.

According to Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL), it now expects earnings per share to grow by a low single-digit percentage from its previous forecast of a low- to mid-single digit increase.

"As we look ahead, uncertainty and volatility in global markets, including the impact of tariffs, remain challenging," Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) CEO Noel Wallace said.

"We are confident in our strategy and will continue to execute with focus and agility to mitigate these factors and achieve our revised 2025 financial targets,” he added.

Meanwhile, net sales were pegged at a low single-digit growth versus “roughly flat” previously, as the company anticipates a lower negative impact from foreign exchange rates.

Overall CL ranks 5th on our list of the worst performing stocks on Monday. While we acknowledge the potential of CL as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than CL but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

 

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.