Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL)

Mad Money - Cramer Pick

Well known personal health products, Colgate toothpaste, Speed Stick, Irish Spring soap.

Another good stock to hold in the long term and paying dividends consistently

Consumer spending down, which will weed out the smaller companies. People will always buy certain staples - like toothpaste and soap!

ROE is incredible

Long term dividend pick

Has executed drawbacks in their production which has caused a minor period of debt.

Actuall, it is already outperforming the S&P. It will continue to do so because a) it makes products people use, b) it is a steadily performing company, and c) the discipline of paying a dividend.

expect it to keep bouncing off the 2o day in the near term. Should go higher as this recession plays out. Nice dividend.

Adding Colgate-Palmolive this week... No matter how bad the economy gets, people are still going to brush their teeth and wash their dishes. And as the economy recovers, they'll naturally trade up for top products. I've been loading up in my real-money portfolio during this downturn, and the kind of dividend history that a company like Colgate-Palmolive offers allows any investor to sleep well at night in any economy.

rapidly gaining market share in China

solid company with a pretty safe market. no one's gonna stop buying toothpaste. Their customers will probably stick with them, i mean, people have their favorite toothpaste, its not like they're gonna just switch. They've also been really strong this past year.

Coming out with lots of green products.

Good company which makes products used everyday in everyday life. Recession resistant and recent raise of the dividend assures this company isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Buy for the long term!

Great management, restructuring is now complete and looks poised to grow into the future. I believe the company has been doing the correct things to restructure itself to be more fit and lean in the current environment and focus on good business practices to properly grow this storied firm.

Colgate Total with whitening is the best toothpaste ever created. Another leader in it's industry that is going to be here for a trillion years all the while paying a dividend.

any company that raises their dividend in this economic environment deserves a BIG GREEN thumb.

Colgate is here to stay

Large caps are not generally known to outperform the S&P, but offer some resistance on a downturn due to large investors. In this case Colgate-Palmolive has consistantly raised their dividend and I believe they will do so again, even in this economy. A stable of needed, less descretionay products and a good name for value. A raised dividend should hold them in the outperform catagory for some time. In addition their margins and ROE are outstanding and they have experienced consistant growth with ROE literally off the charts. Reasonable debt, great cash flow.