Hi , there:

  I would like know some industry average financial statistics , such
as  industry average ratios , as a basis of comprasion to the company
Colgate-Palmolive company , which I need to do a financial analysis
presentation .
Colgate-palmolive company is a daily-consumer company , and its core
businesses are Oral care, personal care,Household Surface care, Fabric
care and Pet Nutrition , SO I just need the  average financial
statistics of the peer gruops in the same industry .

Thanks

Hong , chengjie

Chengjie --

A service called Hoovers Online provides summary statistics for
companies and their prime competitors.  Here are the summary
financials for:

Colgate-Palmolive:
http://www.hoovers.com/quarterlies/3/0,2167,10363,00.html

Clorox:
http://www-2.hoovers.com/quarterlies/4/0,2167,10354,00.html
Gillette:
http://www.hoovers.com/quarterlies/5/0,2167,10655,00.html
Procter & Gamble:
http://www.hoovers.com/quarterlies/1/0,2167,11211,00.html

If these aren't enough to establish the needed financial ratios,
Hoover's also identifies the primary and secondary industries by NAICS
(SIC) code.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Hi Chengjie,

The information from MarketGuide is really good with industry ratios
covering 1) Valuation 2) Dividend 3) Growth 4) Financial Strength 5)
Profitability

The numbers are compiled from 50 companies in the personal and
household products space including

PG G CL AVP MCK NWL CLX EL ECL 
SSDOY ACV DL CHD BTH NUS TUP YCC PYX 
WDFC LBY FOB WATFZ RDEN SAB DLI REV DFS 
GAIA IPAR USNA SCC LCUT SMWS ODC WXS PETS 
ALU FHCO HOMZ PARL BPRG DII TSC SSY CCAM 
DSGIF ACU SVT AMM PWTX 


http://yahoo.marketguide.com/MGI/mg.asp?target=/stocks/companyinformation/ratio&Ticker=CL