Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd.
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ABOUT
KEY POINTS
Revenue Breakup Mar 2026 • Personal Care (Including Oral Care): 99.1% • Research & Development Service Income: 0.8% • Scrap Sales: 0.1%
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AI GENERATEDFast Moving Consumer Goods
Rural demand proxies are mixed. Tractor sales rose 18.0% YoY (2026-07) and 2-wheelers were up 23.0% YoY (2026-06), but rural employment slowed to 1.0% YoY (2026-07), fertiliser sales were 0.0% YoY (2026-05), and food inflation of 5.52% (Jul/26) can pressure household budgets. FPI outflows remain heavy at INR -8081 crore over 3 months to 2026-08-31, limiting upside.
PROS
- Company is almost debt free
- Company has a healthy return on capital (ROCE) of 106.3%
- Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 78.4%
- Strong cash generation - operating cash flow backs reported profits (CFO/PAT 1.08x)
- Company has a consistent dividend-paying track record
- Company generates healthy free cash flow
CONS
- Contingent liabilities are large at 108.6% of net worth
- Stock is trading at 30.4x its book value
- Company has delivered a poor profit growth of 5.1% over past five years
- Company has delivered a poor sales growth of 4.5% over past five years
- Recurring exceptional / one-off items are inflating headline profit
* The pros and cons are machine generated based on quantitative rules.
Peer comparison
| Name | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HINDUNILVR | 1945.00 | 30.55 | 456995.50 | 2.11 | 2680.00 | -3.18 | 17341.00 | 6.24 | 28.98 | 22.76 |
| GODREJCP | 865.00 | 46.26 | 88515.88 | 2.31 | 504.52 | 11.51 | 4225.47 | 16.02 | 17.96 | 18.96 |
| DABUR | 372.00 | 33.46 | 65991.20 | 2.22 | 586.16 | 15.32 | 3764.39 | 10.57 | 21.37 | 19.68 |
| COLPAL | 1804.85 | 113.08 | 49089.33 | 2.66 | 3430.80 | 970.05 | 16033.00 | 1018.01 | 110.06 | 30.12 |
| CUPID | 279.60 | 273.68 | 37596.71 | 0.00 | 441.49 | 2841.89 | 1569.80 | 2524.64 | 33.93 | 39.70 |
| PGHH | 7620.50 | 31.28 | 24736.70 | 3.35 | 126.27 | -34.25 | 891.46 | -4.67 | 157.81 | 19.08 |
| GILLETTE | 7484.20 | 36.50 | 24387.43 | 3.21 | 159.45 | 9.44 | 783.02 | 10.80 | 90.62 | 29.09 |
| EMAMILTD | 369.10 | 21.53 | 16111.22 | 2.71 | 138.94 | -15.41 | 1039.21 | 14.95 | 29.54 | 21.61 |
| GALAXYSURF | 2289.25 | 22.94 | 8116.48 | 0.96 | 165.92 | 108.73 | 1781.90 | 39.44 | 13.39 | 13.99 |
| SFL | 688.55 | 35.05 | 7519.19 | 0.15 | 62.34 | 770.67 | 1031.94 | 25.63 | 6.76 | 10.85 |
| SAFARI | 1529.95 | 45.42 | 7496.34 | 0.26 | 47.75 | -5.43 | 588.58 | 11.51 | 21.55 | 12.81 |
| JYOTHYLAB | 195.40 | 19.37 | 7175.37 | 1.79 | 76.27 | -2.41 | 666.96 | 1.06 | 30.71 | 15.49 |
Quarterly Results
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,315 | 1,462 | 1,386 | 1,481 | 1,486 | 1,609 | 1,452 | 1,452 | 1,421 | 1,507 | 1,473 | 1,583 | 1,603 | |
| 906 | 989 | 927 | 958 | 988 | 1,122 | 1,007 | 964 | 981 | 1,054 | 1,044 | 1,086 | 1,161 | |
| Operating Profit | 409 | 473 | 459 | 523 | 497 | 487 | 445 | 488 | 439 | 453 | 429 | 497 | 443 |
| OPM % | 31.12% | 32.37% | 33.12% | 35.31% | 33.48% | 30.29% | 30.62% | 33.58% | 30.91% | 30.07% | 29.11% | 31.40% | 27.61% |
| -5 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 76 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 26 | |
| Interest | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Depreciation | 44 | 44 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 39 |
| Profit before Tax | 369 | 458 | 443 | 511 | 489 | 530 | 433 | 478 | 432 | 442 | 436 | 474 | 462 |
| Tax % | 25.78% | 25.72% | 25.55% | 25.72% | 25.60% | 25.53% | 25.37% | 25.67% | 25.77% | 25.95% | 25.67% | 25.46% | 25.77% |
| Net Profit | 274 | 340 | 330 | 380 | 364 | 395 | 323 | 355 | 321 | 328 | 324 | 353 | 343 |
| 10.06 | 12.50 | 12.14 | 13.96 | 13.38 | 14.52 | 11.87 | 13.05 | 11.79 | 12.04 | 11.91 | 12.99 | 12.61 |
Profit & Loss
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,982 | 4,188 | 4,462 | 4,525 | 4,841 | 5,100 | 5,226 | 5,680 | 6,040 | 6,035 | 6,166 | |
| 3,038 | 3,074 | 3,226 | 3,323 | 3,332 | 3,534 | 3,679 | 3,780 | 4,082 | 4,165 | 4,344 | |
| Operating Profit | 944 | 1,114 | 1,236 | 1,202 | 1,510 | 1,566 | 1,547 | 1,901 | 1,958 | 1,870 | 1,822 |
| OPM % | 23.70% | 26.59% | 27.70% | 26.56% | 31.18% | 30.71% | 29.60% | 33.46% | 32.42% | 30.98% | 29.54% |
| 41 | 26 | 68 | 49 | 30 | 26 | 42 | 57 | 139 | 64 | 72 | |
| Interest | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Depreciation | 133 | 157 | 159 | 198 | 182 | 177 | 175 | 172 | 163 | 146 | 148 |
| Profit before Tax | 851 | 983 | 1,143 | 1,043 | 1,350 | 1,409 | 1,410 | 1,781 | 1,930 | 1,784 | 1,814 |
| Tax % | 32.18% | 31.50% | 32.12% | 21.75% | 23.32% | 23.47% | 25.72% | 25.69% | 25.55% | 25.71% | 25.71% |
| Net Profit | 577 | 673 | 776 | 816 | 1,035 | 1,078 | 1,047 | 1,324 | 1,437 | 1,325 | 1,348 |
| EPS | 21.23 | 24.76 | 28.52 | 30.02 | 38.07 | 39.65 | 38.50 | 48.66 | 52.82 | 48.72 | — |
| Dividend Payout % | 47.10% | 96.94% | 80.66% | 93.28% | 99.82% | 100.89% | 101.30% | 119.18% | 96.55% | 98.51% | — |
COMPOUNDED SALES GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- 5%
- 5 Years:
- 5%
- 3 Years:
- 5%
COMPOUNDED PROFIT GROWTH
- 10 Years:
- 9%
- 5 Years:
- 5%
- 3 Years:
- 8%
STOCK PRICE CAGR
- 10 Years:
- 6%
- 5 Years:
- 1%
- 3 Years:
- -3%
- 1 Year:
- -25%
RETURN ON EQUITY
- 10 Years:
- 65%
- 5 Years:
- 74%
- 3 Years:
- 78%
- Last Year:
- 81%
Balance Sheet
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| 1,241 | 1,492 | 1,416 | 1,568 | 1,139 | 1,705 | 1,694 | 1,849 | 1,651 | 1,575 | |
| 2 | 2 | 79 | 86 | 79 | 71 | 58 | 61 | 47 | 34 | |
| Trade Payables | 597 | 620 | 613 | 613 | 760 | 771 | 761 | 882 | 921 | 1,386 |
| 2,024 | 2,349 | 2,765 | 1,098 | 3,730 | 3,496 | 3,871 | 4,339 | 4,365 | 5,253 | |
| Total Liabilities | 3,891 | 4,490 | 4,901 | 3,391 | 5,736 | 6,070 | 6,412 | 7,158 | 7,012 | 8,275 |
| 1,108 | 1,146 | 1,191 | 1,123 | 1,065 | 963 | 862 | 794 | 776 | 718 | |
| Capital Work in Progress | 167 | 159 | 199 | 190 | 145 | 122 | 114 | 110 | 38 | 27 |
| 31 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 293 | 227 | 249 | 297 | 336 | 357 | 335 | 296 | 377 | 376 | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 167 | 226 | 209 | |
| Cash & Bank | 294 | 456 | 399 | 421 | 868 | 755 | 923 | 1,374 | 1,095 | 1,469 |
| 1,997 | 2,470 | 2,829 | 1,340 | 3,302 | 3,872 | 4,176 | 4,416 | 4,498 | 5,475 | |
| Total Assets | 3,891 | 4,490 | 4,901 | 3,391 | 5,736 | 6,070 | 6,412 | 7,158 | 7,012 | 8,275 |
Cash Flows
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 989 | 1,041 | 1,397 | 1,251 | 1,142 | 1,996 | 1,557 | 1,199 | 1,394 | 1,806 | |
| Cash from Investing | -342 | -207 | -96 | -19 | 71 | -108 | -8 | 79 | 56 | 374 |
| Cash from Financing | -341 | -380 | -815 | -891 | -956 | -1,091 | -1,087 | -1,195 | -1,671 | -1,422 |
| 5 | 107 | 73 | 20 | -101 | 427 | 82 | 83 | -221 | 758 |
Ratios
Standalone Figures in Rs. Crores / View Consolidated
| Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documents
Corporate disclosures, annual reports, credit ratings, and concall transcripts
2026-09-10 - Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has informed the Exchange regarding a press release dated September 10, 2026, titled "Colgate and Kaun Banega Crorepati Champion the Perfect Daily Sign-Off.".
2026-09-07 - Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Copy of Newspaper Publication
2026-09-07 - Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Schedule of meet
2026-08-31 - Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Change in Auditors of the company.
2026-08-21 - Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Transcript
2026-08-21 - Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has informed the Exchange about Resignation of Director/KMP/SMP
2026-08-21 - Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Cessation of Ms Prabha Narasimhan as Managing Director & CEO of the company w.e.f. September 27, 2026.
2026-08-21 - Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited has informed the Exchange regarding Appointment of Mr Manish Anandani as Managing Director & CEO of the company w.e.f. September 28, 2026.
2026-08-21 - Outcome of the Board Meeting - Change in the MD & CEO
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