Colgate-Palmolive
Market cap ₹43,654 Cr
- P/E
- 32.06
- Day range
- ₹1,580.00 – ₹1,696.80
- 52-week range
- ₹1,580.00 – ₹2,301.60
- Volume
- 14.45 L
- Open
- ₹1,680.00
- Prev close
- ₹1,685.00
Latest results · Q2 FY27(standalone)Revenue ₹1,706 Cr+12.3%Profit ₹342 Cr+4.3%Margin 20.0%YoY vs the same quarter last year
No red flags in exchange filings: no rising pledge, promoter selling, surveillance or critical filing on record.
COLPAL in NSE indices and F&O
F&O margin for one lot of COLPAL (275 shares)Research profile
Composite 55 / 100Factor percentiles
Derived metrics
- Earn. yield
- 3.1%
- Graham no.
- ₹254.78
- vs Graham
- -84.1%
- ROE ÷ P/B
- 2.9%
- 12-1 mom.
- -15.1%
- Return / vol
- -1.07
- Magic Formula
- #75
- FCF yield
- 4.0%
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Peer comparison
All 44 in FMCG| Company | M-cap | P/E | P/B | ROE | ROCE | OPM | D/E | Sales YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindustan UnileverHINDUNILVR | ₹4.26 L Cr | 40.69 | 8.83 | 30.7% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 0.03 | +10.1% |
| ITCITC | ₹3.23 L Cr | 16.28 | 4.46 | 29.5% | 39.0% | 27.0% | 0.03 | -11.1% |
| Nestle IndiaNESTLEIND | ₹2.27 L Cr | 55.56 | 39.17 | 76.3% | 85.0% | 24.0% | 0.08 | +20.3% |
| Varun BeveragesVBL | ₹1.34 L Cr | 39.51 | 6.82 | 16.9% | 20.0% | 28.0% | 0.13 | +20.4% |
| Britannia IndustriesBRITANNIA | ₹1.09 L Cr | 41.97 | 21.82 | 53.6% | 56.0% | 17.0% | 0.27 | +8.2% |
| MaricoMARICO | ₹99,371 Cr | 52.64 | 23.64 | 44.3% | 47.0% | 21.0% | 0.13 | +22.9% |
| Tata Consumer ProductsTATACONSUM | ₹95,397 Cr | 58.35 | 4.38 | 7.4% | 9.0% | 14.0% | 0.13 | +11.9% |
| Colgate-PalmoliveCOLPAL | ₹43,654 Cr | 32.06 | 28.32 | 81.6% | 108.0% | 28.0% | 0.03 | +12.2% |
| Sector median | ₹14,410 Cr | 32.38 | 5.71 | 18.0% | 19.0% | 16.5% | 0.13 | +12.1% |
Sector as classified in the tracked universe; medians use every tracked FMCG company, and P/E only profitable ones. Tinted figures beat the median.
Latest news
Updated 7d agoHeadlines about Colgate-Palmolive from the last two weeks in the financial press. Stories belong to their publishers; Parasram India does not endorse them.
Key metrics
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.6
- EPS (TTM)
- ₹49.55
- Price / Book
- 26.97
- ROE (FY26)
- 81.6%
- ROCE (latest year)
- 108%
- Dividend yield
- 2.99%
Moving averages (NSE)
- 20-day
- ₹1,771.63
- Price below
- 50-day
- ₹1,833.42
- Price below
- 200-day
- ₹2,013.42
- Price below
Charts & trends
From company filings. Amounts in ₹ crore.
Revenue, profit & margin - quarterly
₹ crore; a loss shows red. Operating margin below, same periods.
- Revenue
- Net profit
Operating margin
Who owns the company
% of equity by quarter, latest Sept 2026
- Promoter
- Public
- DII
- FII
- Government
Cash flows
Where cash came from and went, by fiscal year (₹ crore)
- Operating
- Investing
- Financing
- Free cash flow
Return on equity
Net profit over shareholders' equity, by fiscal year
Equity vs debt
Shareholders' equity against borrowings (₹ crore); the ratio below, same years.
- Equity
- Debt
Debt to equity
Dividends per share
₹ by fiscal year of the ex-date; the latest year runs to date.
Financial statements
| Line item | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 1,396 | 1,490 | 1,497 | 1,619 | 1,462 | 1,463 | 1,434 | 1,520 | 1,486 | 1,595 | 1,603 | 1,706 |
| Expenses | 927 | 958 | 988 | 1,122 | 1,007 | 964 | 981 | 1,054 | 1,044 | 1,086 | 1,120 | 1,232 |
| Operating Profit | 468 | 532 | 508 | 497 | 454 | 498 | 453 | 465 | 442 | 510 | 483 | 473 |
| OPM % | 34% | 36% | 34% | 31% | 31% | 34% | 32% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 30% | 28% |
| Other Income | 18 | 23 | 23 | 76 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 22 |
| Interest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Depreciation | 41 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 39 | 34 |
| Profit before tax | 443 | 511 | 489 | 530 | 433 | 478 | 432 | 442 | 436 | 474 | 462 | 460 |
| Tax % | 26% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Net Profit | 330 | 380 | 364 | 395 | 323 | 355 | 321 | 328 | 324 | 353 | 343 | 342 |
| EPS in Rs | ₹12.14 | ₹13.96 | ₹13.38 | ₹14.52 | ₹11.87 | ₹13.05 | ₹11.79 | ₹12.04 | ₹11.91 | ₹12.99 | ₹12.61 | ₹12.56 |
From company filings, updated 26 Oct 2026. Consolidated figures where the company reports them. Information only, not investment advice.
Working-capital cycle
+4 days since Mar 2021
-4 days since Mar 2021
+96 days since Mar 2021
-97 days since Mar 2021
+25 days since Mar 2021
Strengths, risks & growth
Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd is engaged in manufacturing/ trading of toothpaste, tooth powder, toothbrush, mouthwash and personal care products. [1]
Strengths
- Company is almost debt free.
- Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 79.4%
- Company has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 112%
Risks
- Stock is trading at 27.0 times its book value
- The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 4.51% over past five years.
Compounded Sales Growth
- 10 Years
- +5%
- 5 Years
- +5%
- 3 Years
- +5%
- TTM
- +9%
Compounded Profit Growth
- 10 Years
- +8%
- 5 Years
- +5%
- 3 Years
- +8%
- TTM
- +4%
Stock Price CAGR
- 10 Years
- +5%
- 5 Years
- +1%
- 3 Years
- -8%
- 1 Year
- -28%
Return on Equity
- 10 Years
- +66%
- 5 Years
- +75%
- 3 Years
- +79%
- Last Year
- +83%
Strengths and risks are a machine-generated checklist, not advice; growth is compounded annually over each period.
Shareholding pattern
| Holder | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | Sept 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promoter | 51.00% | 51.00% | 51.00% | 51.00% | 0.00 pp |
| FII | 15.18% | 13.60% | 13.60% | 13.71% | +0.11 pp |
| DII | 13.50% | 15.25% | 15.54% | 15.45% | -0.09 pp |
| Government | 0.28% | 0.28% | 0.28% | 0.00% | -0.28 pp |
| Public | 20.03% | 19.87% | 19.57% | 19.82% | +0.25 pp |
Filed with NSE for Sept 2026: promoters 51.00%, public 49.00% · XBRL filing
Analysts & fund holdings
Who holds the shares, quarter by quarter
Mutual funds 7.38% (+0.15 pp)- Promoters51.0%
- Foreign institutions13.7%
- Mutual funds7.4%
- Insurance7.3%
- Other domestic institutions0.4%
- Retail17.3%
- Others2.9%
| Fund | % of company | % of fund | 3-month change |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBI Large & Midcap Fund | 1.59% | 1.81% | -0.22 pp |
| Nippon India Multi Cap Fund | 1.00% | 0.90% | +0.28 pp |
| SBI Midcap Fund | 0.66% | 1.36% | -0.13 pp |
| Nippon India Large Cap Fund | 0.58% | 0.55% | +0.10 pp |
| Nippon India Growth Mid Cap Fund | 0.48% | 0.46% | -0.07 pp |
Scorecard
- Performance
- Low
- Valuation
- High
- Growth
- Low
- Profitability
- High
- Entry point
- Good
- Red flags
- Low
Analyst coverage, holdings and scorecard from market data; not a recommendation by Parasram India.
Risk & trend
From 275 daily sessions to 23 Oct 2026.
Risk
- Volatility (1Y)
- 25.4%
- Downside volatility
- 25.7%
- Worst 5% of days
- 2.9%
- Average of that tail
- 3.8%
- Max drawdown (1Y)
- 32.4%
- Below its peak
- 32.4%
Against the market
- Beta vs Nifty 50
- 0.89
- Correlation
- 0.46
- Relative strength (3M)
- -17.7%
- ATR (14)
- 3.4%
Return
- Return 1M
- -14.1%
- Return 3M
- -23.1%
- Return 6M
- -24.2%
- Return 1Y
- -27.1%
- vs 200-day average
- -20.3%
Momentum
- RSI (14)
- 30.3
- MACD histogram
- -12.34
- Stochastic %K
- 8.7
- ADX (14)
- 19.4
- +DI / −DI
- 12.8 / 34.9
- Money flow index
- 52.4
Participation
- Delivery (20d avg)
- 54.5%
- vs its 60-day baseline
- +0.3 pts
- Volume vs 20-day
- +1.2σ
- Close vs day's VWAP
- -1.0%
- 52-week position
- 0 / 100
These describe what this stock's price has already done. They are not forecasts, signals or recommendations, and a dash means the figure was withheld for want of enough history rather than being zero.
Financial quality
From consolidated statements to 31 Mar 2026.
No F-Score: it needs two reporting periods a year apart that carry both an income statement and a balance sheet, and this company's filings do not yet line up that way. The ratios below need only the one period and are unaffected.
- Free cash flow
- ₹1,730 Cr
- FCF yield
- 4.0%
- Net debt
- -₹1,379 Cr
- Net debt / equity
- -0.87
- EV / sales
- 6.62
Computed from filed statements, not filed themselves. A dash means an input was absent, and the score counts only the criteria that could actually be tested.
Corporate actions
- dividend₹24.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 24 Per Share
1 Jun 2026ex-date - dividend₹24.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 24 Per Share
3 Nov 2025ex-date - dividend₹27.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 27 Per Share
28 May 2025ex-date - dividend₹24.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 24 Per Share
4 Nov 2024ex-date - otherNot available — not reported in this filing
Annual General Meeting
23 Jul 2024ex-date - dividendNot available — not reported in this filing
Special Dividend Rs -10 Per Share/Interim Dividend Rs - 26 Per Share
22 May 2024ex-date - dividend₹22.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 22 Per Share
6 Nov 2023ex-date - otherNot available — not reported in this filing
Annual General Meeting
20 Jul 2023ex-date - dividend₹21.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 21 Per Share
19 May 2023ex-date - dividend₹18.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 18 Per Share
31 Oct 2022ex-date - otherNot available — not reported in this filing
Annual General Meeting
20 Jul 2022ex-date - dividend₹21.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 21 Per Sh
5 May 2022ex-date - dividend₹19.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 19 Per Share
1 Nov 2021ex-date - otherNot available — not reported in this filing
Annual General Meeting
20 Jul 2021ex-date - dividend₹20.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 20 Per Share
30 Mar 2021ex-date - dividend₹18.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 18 Per Share
29 Oct 2020ex-date - otherNot available — not reported in this filing
Annual General Meeting
21 Jul 2020ex-date - dividend₹16.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 16 Per Share
1 Jun 2020ex-date - dividend₹12.00
Interim Dividend - Rs 12 Per Sh
5 Nov 2019ex-date - otherNot available — not reported in this filing
Annual General Meeting
20 Aug 2019ex-date
Company announcements
Please find attached herewith email communication sent to the shareholders on Tax Provisions on Dividend Payment.
Please find enclosed herewith Newsletter sent to the shareholders of the Company.
Please find enclosed herewith Newspaper Publication of the Unaudited Financial Results of the Company for the second quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026.
Please find enclosed herewith intimation w.r.t record date for payment of dividend.
Please find enclosed dividend amount approved by the Board of Directors
Please find enclosed herewith updates on 1st Interim Dividend 2026-27 to be paid by the Company.
Please find enclosed herewith intimation w.r.t date of payment of dividend.
Please find enclosed herewith intimation w.r.t change in management and appointment of internal auditor
Please find enclosed herewith Press Release.
Please find enclosed Financial Results for second quarter and half year ended September 30, 2026
Please find enclosed Outcome of Board Meeting
Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltdhas informed BSE that the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled on 22/10/2026 ,inter alia, to consider and approve Please find attached ....
Please find attached herewith Certificate under Reg 74(5) of SEBI (DP) Regulations, 2018.
Please find attached herewith Newspaper Publication.
Please find enclosed herewith Press Release.
Filed with BSE (scrip 500830); the last 45 days. Documents open at bseindia.com.
Documents
Annual reports
Earnings calls
- Aug 2026TranscriptSlidesRecording
- May 2026TranscriptSlides
- May 2025TranscriptSlides
- Feb 2025Slides
- Dec 2024TranscriptSlides
- May 2024TranscriptSlides
Documents open at BSE or the rating agency that issued them.
Sourced from the company's NSE XBRL filing dated 22 Oct 2026 (unaudited). View the source filing. Figures are as filed and are not investment advice.
Colgate-Palmolive: common questions
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