Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) has been gaining from its sturdy business strategies, including pricing, innovation and productivity efforts. The company’s shareholder-friendly moves are also quite encouraging. Shares of this key consumer products’ dealer have gained 21.3% in the year-to-date period, outperforming the Zacks Soap and Cleaning Materials industry’s 18% growth and the broader Consumer Staples sector’s 8.9% rise.Let’s Analyze Colgate’s Core StrengthsColgate’s innovation strategy concentrates on g ...