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Filorga acquired by Colgate-Palmolive

Colgate-Palmolive acquired Filorga, a French personal care skincare brand on Jul 11, 2019. The transaction value is shown as EUR 1.5bn. The current comp implies EV / revenue of 8.3x. Public sources confirm the deal; valuation inputs may include estimates where transaction materials do not disclose the full economics.

Transaction summary

Target: Filorga
Acquirer: Colgate-Palmolive
Seller: -
Announced: 2019-07-11
Geography: France
Tags: Anti Aging SkincareBeauty & Personal CareCosmeticsCPGPersonal Care SkincarePremium BeautyPrestige SkincareSkincare
Type: Acquisition
Deal type: Control
Stake acquired: -
First added: 2026-06-19
Latest update: 2026-07-13

Value and multiples

Price / value

EUR 1.5B

Equity Purchase Price | EUR

Basis: Public source

Approx. $1.7B USD using FX date 2019-07-11 at 1.1285 EUR/USD.

EV / revenue

8.3x

Period not stated

Basis: Source not stated

EV / EBITDA

EBITDA basis not stated

Basis: Source not stated

Basis

EUR 1.5bn equity purchase price is treated as publicly disclosed or derived directly from public source data.
Implied EV / revenue is 8.3x, calculated from EUR 1.5bn value and EUR 180m revenue.
Revenue and multiple inputs are not fully disclosed in public transaction materials reviewed; treat the multiple as an estimate.

Other reviewed estimates

Transaction comps can involve reported or estimated figures from different sources. FundComb uses the values above as the current canonical comp, while preserving prior reviewed estimates below for context.

Revenue, EBITDA and multiples come from the pasted skincare comps spreadsheet/Intrepid-linked row, not from fetched public evidence.

Revenue USD 282m | EBITDA USD 85.0m | EV / revenue 6x | EV / EBITDA 20x

8.3x EBITDA multiple appears only in the pasted VMS spreadsheet row and is not corroborated by the supplied public web evidence.

EV / EBITDA 8.3x

Source summary

Colgate Announces Agreement to Acquire Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques Skin Care Business

Confirmed

Colgate-Palmolive announced a EUR 1,495.5m equity purchase price, approximately USD 1,690m.

Open source

The Autorité de la concurrence clears the acquisition of Laboratoires Filorga Cosmétiques by Colgate Palmolive

Confirmed

The French competition authority states the deal was announced on 11 July 2019 and Filorga generated EUR 180m turnover in 2018.

Open source