COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO

CL Q1 2026 institutional ownership is a $52.2B book across 1,886 holders. BlackRock is the largest holder at $6.2B (72.6M shares, +0.9%, +$623M) -- the largest add by value. Vanguard Capital Management $4.5B (52.2M shares, NEW after three-way split); Vanguard Portfolio Management $2.0B (23.8M shares, NEW); Vanguard Fiduciary Trust $391M (4.6M shares, NEW). State Street $4.1B (47.7M shares, -0.7%, +$237M from share DECREASED). Morgan Stanley $1.8B (20.9M shares, +1.5%). Geode Capital $2.0B (22.9M shares, +0.9%). FMR LLC $768M (9.0M shares, +1.6%, +$126M). Northern Trust $740M (8.7M shares, -0.6%, +$53M). Invesco $711M (8.3M shares, -0.8%, +$31M). Goldman Sachs $808M (9.5M shares, +39.4%, +$370M). Bank of New York Mellon $1.1B (12.5M shares, +178%, +$704M from $4.6M) -- the most aggressive build percentage-wise among large holders. Deutsche Bank $1.0B (11.9M shares, +15.7%, +$160M). UBS AM $582M (6.8M shares, +17.7%, +$107M). Bank of America $566M (6.6M shares, +21.1%, +$119M). First Eagle Investment $692M (8.1M shares, +0.8%, +$66M). Davis Selected Advisers $1.2B (22.2M shares, +0.09%). GMO $994M (19.1M shares, +6.6%, +$12M). Aristotle Capital $975M (18.7M shares, -3.8%, -$74M). Federated Hermes $599M (11.5M shares, +0.08%). Arrowstreet Capital $476M (5.6M shares, +0.8%). UBS Group not significant. JPMorgan not significant. Capital Research $615M (11.8M shares, +103.8%, +$318M). Wellington Management $457M (5.4M shares, -21.5%, -$139M) -- the largest seller. Diamond Hill Capital $461M (5.4M shares, -17.1%, -$111M). Amundi $442M (5.2M shares, -11.9%, -$53M). Franklin Resources $501M (5.9M shares, -0.9%, +$24M). Legal & General $487M (5.7M shares, -0.6%). State Farm $574M (6.7M shares, UNCHANGED). New positions: Vanguard three. Sellers: Wellington -$139M, Diamond Hill -$111M, Amundi -$53M, Northern Trust -$7M. Buyers: BlackRock +$623M, BNY Mellon +$704M, Goldman +$370M, Ameriprise +$127M, Deutsche Bank +$160M, UBS AM +$107M, BofA +$119M, First Eagle +$66M, Morgan Stanley +$259M, Geode +$211M, FMR +$126M, Capital Research +$318M, Arrowstreet +$45M. The 75.50 whaleScore reflects AUM. Smart-money read: net-bullish on staples. The defining signals are (1) BNY Mellon's +$704M build from a de minimis $4.6M position to $1.07B -- one of the most aggressive builds in the dataset -- and (2) Goldman Sachs +$370M (+39%) adding to a concentrated active position. BlackRock +$623M is the largest holder adding meaningfully. The seller cohort (Wellington -$139M, Diamond Hill -$111M, Amundi -$53M) is relatively small in the context of the $52.2B book. Net read: bullish on Colgate-Palmolive -- active-manager consensus adding to defensive/stable consumer-staples exposure, with BNY Mellon's extreme build suggesting either a new mandate allocation or concentrated conviction in staples defensiveness.