Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd
- P/E
- 100.9x
- 52-week range
- 1,576.8 – 2,301.6
- ROE
- 83%
- ROCE
- 108%
- Sector
- Personal Products
- Industry
- Personal Care
- Listed on
- NSE, BSE
About
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited is primarily focused on development and manufacture of oral care and personal care in the Indian market. The Company manufactures and markets a range of oral care essentials under the Colgate brand, including toothpastes, toothpowder, toothbrushes, mouthwashes and rinses, and specialty products such as professional grade oral care products. Additionally, its Palmolive brand offers a specialized range of personal care products. Its products include New MaxFresh Range, Lemon Fresh, CST New Formula with New Flavor and Colgate Visible White Purple. The Colgate brand includes Colgate Total, Colgate Visible White and Colgate Strong Teeth, Peppermint Mouthwash and others. Its products include White Purple Toothpaste, Kids Premium Toothpaste Baby Natural Fruit. It collaborates through its distributor's network or otherwise with a network of diverse wholesalers, modern trade stores, e-commerce and other retailers to make their products available to customers.
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Compared with its industry
Personal Care: 22 companies →Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd against the typical company in its industry. The rank is out of the companies that report each figure; green means the better quarter of the pack, red the worse quarter.
- Valuation (P/E)100.9 against a typical 33.9: pricier than most peers (1st = cheapest).20th of 22
- Sales growth+12.2% against a typical +14.9% from a year earlier.9th of 15
- Profit growth+4.3% against a typical +8.9% from a year earlier.8th of 13
- Share price, 3 months−26.1% against a typical −7.5%.18th of 19
Latest announcements
Exchange filings and their impact on the company.
- Second straight double-digit sales growth at 12.2% to Rs 1,692 cr with 5.5% underlying profit growth.
Colgate-Palmolive India reported Q2 FY27 net sales of Rs 1,692 crore, up 12.2% year-on-year, its second straight double-digit quarter led by high-single-digit volume growth in toothpaste. Net profit was Rs 342 crore versus Rs 328 crore last year, up 5.5% excluding one-offs, while gross margin rose to 69.6%. The board declared a first interim dividend of Rs 24 per share totalling Rs 653 crore and announced a marketing leadership change with Akash Parekh succeeding Gunjit Jain from December 1, 2026.
Board meetings
Results dates and other board meetings. Full calendar
| Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | Financial Results/Dividend | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2026 and dividend |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended Jun 30, 2026 |
| 22 May 2026 | Financial Results/Dividend | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended March 31, 2026 and dividend |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended December 31, 2025 |
| 23 Oct 2025 | Financial Results/Dividend | To consider and approve the financial results for the period ended September 30, 2025 and dividend |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Financial Results | To consider and approve the Unaudited Financial Results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2025. |
Financials
Consolidated figures in ₹ crore.
| ₹ Cr. | 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 |
Growth and returns
Compounded yearly rates over each period.
- 10 Years
- 5%
- 5 Years
- 5%
- 3 Years
- 5%
- TTM
- 9%
- 10 Years
- 8%
- 5 Years
- 5%
- 3 Years
- 8%
- TTM
- 4%
- 10 Years
- 5%
- 5 Years
- 1%
- 3 Years
- −8%
- TTM
- —
- 10 Years
- 66%
- 5 Years
- 75%
- 3 Years
- 79%
- TTM
- —
P/E and EPS over time
Daily P/E and trailing 12-month EPS. EPS updates with each result.
Peers
Listed companies in the same business.
| Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd | ₹ 1,601.60 | — | 100.9x | — | 83% | — |
| Hindustan Unilever | ₹ 1,820.00 | ₹ 4,27,626 Cr. | 43.4x | 9.3x | 0% | 0% |
| Marico | ₹ 764.10 | ₹ 99,347 Cr. | 59.1x | 24.7x | 0% | 0% |
| Godrej Consumer Products | ₹ 851.50 | ₹ 87,134 Cr. | 43.7x | 7x | 0% | 0% |
| Dabur India | ₹ 366.00 | ₹ 64,927 Cr. | 35.2x | 5.8x | 0% | 0% |
| Cupid | ₹ 306.50 | ₹ 41,214 Cr. | 347.9x | 83.5x | 0% | 0% |
Management
- Prabha Narasimhan
- Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, Executive Director
- Manish Anandani
- Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director
- Madukkakuzy Sebastian Jacob
- Chief Financial Officer, Whole Time Director
- Gunjit Jain
- Executive Vice President - Marketing
- Balaji Sreenivasan
- Executive Vice President - Human Resources
- Swati Agarwal
- Executive Vice President - India Global Technology Center
- Ruchir Bhatnagar
- Executive Vice President - Customer Development
- Sriram Venkatasubramanian
- Executive Vice President - End to End Supply Chain
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