Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd.

NSE: COLPAL · Fast Moving Consumer Goods

₹1,679.00-0.53%06 Nov 2026

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Instant answers about Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd. — computed from its filings, no language model

Market cap₹45,669 cr

Current price₹1,679.00

High / Low₹2,295 / ₹1,575

P/E33.5

P/B28.23

Book value₹59.5

ROE84.2%

ROCE113.5%

Debt / equity0.00

Dividend yield3.04%

EPS (TTM)₹50.07

Face value₹1

Price & valuation

split & bonus adjusted · pick a metric and range

Annual performance

annual · ₹ crore · line = operating margin

showing latest 6 of 9 periods

	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Revenue	4,328	4,462	4,525	4,841	5,100	5,226	5,680	6,040	6,035
EBITDA	1,112	1,236	1,202	1,510	1,566	1,547	1,901	1,958	1,870
Operating margin	25.7%	27.7%	26.6%	31.2%	30.7%	29.6%	33.5%	32.4%	31.0%
Interest	0	2	10	7	6	5	5	4	4
Depreciation	157	159	198	182	177	175	172	163	146
Profit before tax	983	1,143	1,043	1,350	1,409	1,410	1,781	1,930	1,784
Tax	310	367	227	315	331	363	458	493	459
Net profit	343	0	816	1,035	1,078	1,047	1,324	1,437	1,325
EPS ₹	24.76	28.51	30.02	38.07	39.65	38.50	48.67	52.83	48.73
Operating cash flow	—	—	—	—	1,626	1,176	1,199	1,394	1,806
Capex	—	—	—	—	50	70	76	71	76
Dividend paid	—	—	—	—	1,057	1,057	1,167	1,626	1,387
Total assets	2,564	2,626	2,604	2,894	2,902	2,883	3,197	3,019	3,408
Equity	1,525	1,447	1,594	1,166	1,735	1,716	1,874	1,664	1,584

Quarterly performance

last 35 quarters · ₹ crore

showing latest 8 of 35 periods

	MAR '18	JUN '18	SEP '18	DEC '18	MAR '19	JUN '19	SEP '19	DEC '19	MAR '20	JUN '20	SEP '20	DEC '20	MAR '21	JUN '21	SEP '21	DEC '21	MAR '22	JUN '22	SEP '22	DEC '22	MAR '23	JUN '23	SEP '23	DEC '23	MAR '24	JUN '24	SEP '24	DEC '24	MAR '25	JUN '25	SEP '25	DEC '25	MAR '26	JUN '26	SEP '26
Revenue	1,092	1,041	1,168	1,099	1,154	1,085	1,213	1,147	1,071	1,034	1,285	1,232	1,283	1,166	1,352	1,280	1,301	1,197	1,387	1,291	1,351	1,324	1,471	1,396	1,490	1,497	1,619	1,462	1,463	1,434	1,520	1,486	1,595	1,603	1,706
Operating profit	308	282	330	314	310	300	314	316	263	301	409	371	422	355	401	381	429	326	408	361	452	418	482	468	532	508	497	454	498	453	465	442	510	483	473
Operating margin	28.2%	27.0%	28.2%	28.6%	26.9%	27.6%	25.9%	27.6%	24.5%	29.1%	31.8%	30.1%	32.9%	30.5%	29.6%	29.7%	33.0%	27.2%	29.4%	28.0%	33.5%	31.6%	32.8%	33.6%	35.7%	34.0%	30.7%	31.1%	34.1%	31.6%	30.6%	29.7%	31.9%	30.1%	27.8%
Other income	8	9	9	8	12	15	17	6	20	13	8	10	7	5	7	6	9	12	11	10	20	15	21	18	23	23	76	20	19	18	15	39	17	23	22
Interest	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Depreciation	40	39	40	41	39	50	50	52	46	45	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	43	44	44	41	42	42	42	41	38	38	37	36	35	39	34
Profit before tax	264	285	298	282	277	263	279	267	234	267	369	333	381	314	361	341	393	282	374	327	426	369	458	443	511	489	530	433	478	432	442	436	474	462	460
Tax	75	96	102	90	79	94	35	68	30	69	95	85	67	81	92	88	70	73	96	84	110	95	118	113	132	125	135	110	123	111	115	112	121	119	119
Net profit	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	199	204	198	274	248	315	233	269	252	324	210	278	243	316	274	340	330	380	364	395	323	355	321	328	324	353	343	342
EPS ₹	6.94	6.97	7.22	7.06	7.26	6.22	8.97	7.32	7.51	7.29	10.08	9.13	11.57	8.58	9.90	9.28	11.90	7.71	10.22	8.94	11.63	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	12.56
Revenue YoY	—	—	—	—	5.7%	4.2%	3.9%	4.3%	-7.1%	-4.7%	6.0%	7.4%	19.8%	12.8%	5.2%	3.9%	1.4%	2.6%	2.6%	0.9%	3.8%	10.6%	6.0%	8.1%	10.3%	13.1%	10.1%	4.7%	-1.8%	-4.2%	-6.2%	1.7%	9.1%	11.8%	12.3%
Profit YoY	—	—	—	—	-100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	24.7%	54.1%	17.7%	-1.8%	1.6%	2.8%	-10.1%	3.3%	-3.6%	-2.3%	30.5%	22.3%	35.7%	20.1%	33.0%	16.2%	-2.2%	-6.5%	-11.9%	-17.1%	0.3%	-0.5%	7.0%	4.3%

Earlier results (standalone, Sep '07 – Dec '17)

₹ crore · from BSE, before the NSE XBRL filings begin

Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd. reports consolidated figures above. Quarterly consolidated results only became mandatory in India in 2019, so the earlier history available is the standalone company only (excluding subsidiaries). It is shown separately so the two bases are never mixed.

Full years

showing latest 8 of 9 periods

	FY09†	FY10†	FY11†	FY12†	FY13†	FY14†	FY15†	FY16†	FY17†
Revenue	1,746	2,035	2,297	2,698	3,164	3,579	3,982	4,162	4,520
Operating profit	319	498	527	585	657	664	822	929	944
Operating margin	18.3%	24.5%	22.9%	21.7%	20.8%	18.6%	20.6%	22.3%	20.9%
Other income	51	25	30	44	50	50	33	42	40
Interest	1	2	3	2	—	—	—	—	—
Depreciation	23	38	34	39	44	51	75	111	133
Profit before tax	345	485	485	588	663	728	780	828	851
Tax	55	62	82	142	166	188	221	252	274
Net profit	290	423	403	446	497	540	559	577	577

Quarters

showing latest 8 of 42 periods

	SEP '07†	DEC '07†	MAR '08†	JUN '08†	SEP '08†	DEC '08†	MAR '09†	JUN '09†	SEP '09†	DEC '09†	MAR '10†	JUN '10†	SEP '10†	DEC '10†	MAR '11†	JUN '11†	SEP '11†	DEC '11†	MAR '12†	JUN '12†	SEP '12†	DEC '12†	MAR '13†	JUN '13†	SEP '13†	DEC '13†	MAR '14†	JUN '14†	SEP '14†	DEC '14†	MAR '15†	JUN '15†	SEP '15†	DEC '15†	MAR '16†	JUN '16†	SEP '16†	DEC '16†	MAR '17†	JUN '17†	SEP '17†	DEC '17†
Revenue	364	368	391	408	430	436	472	485	503	511	536	550	569	577	601	629	676	690	703	756	792	784	832	860	901	891	927	957	1,001	996	1,029	1,010	1,038	1,015	1,099	1,149	1,203	991	1,177	1,119	1,085	1,033
Operating profit	56	61	51	66	69	91	93	123	111	121	144	160	130	93	144	136	131	149	170	162	176	150	169	165	146	151	202	194	187	195	247	202	255	231	241	211	275	214	244	222	301	282
Operating margin	15.5%	16.6%	12.9%	16.2%	16.0%	20.9%	19.7%	25.3%	22.0%	23.7%	26.9%	29.1%	22.8%	16.1%	24.0%	21.5%	19.4%	21.6%	24.2%	21.5%	22.2%	19.1%	20.3%	19.2%	16.2%	16.9%	21.8%	20.2%	18.6%	19.5%	24.1%	20.0%	24.5%	22.8%	22.0%	18.4%	22.8%	21.6%	20.8%	19.8%	27.7%	27.3%
Other income	20	23	21	31	9	6	4	9	7	7	3	5	8	9	8	12	9	10	13	11	15	12	12	17	13	16	4	6	10	10	7	9	11	11	11	10	11	11	8	12	9	9
Interest	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Depreciation	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	21	8	8	9	9	9	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	15	17	18	20	20	25	27	29	30	32	33	34	34	37	39	40
Profit before tax	71	79	66	91	72	92	90	125	111	123	126	122	129	91	143	138	129	149	173	163	180	150	169	241	148	155	184	184	179	184	234	154	239	213	223	190	253	191	218	197	270	252
Tax	16	18	11	19	9	14	13	22	22	6	12	0	28	25	29	38	29	33	42	46	35	39	46	56	38	42	52	49	49	53	71	40	82	53	77	64	71	63	76	61	93	81
Net profit	55	60	56	72	64	78	77	103	90	116	114	122	100	66	114	100	100	116	131	117	145	111	123	185	110	113	132	135	130	131	164	114	157	159	146	126	181	128	143	136	178	171
EPS ₹	4.02	4.45	4.09	5.29	4.67	5.72	5.67	7.56	6.60	8.56	8.41	8.97	7.38	4.87	8.39	7.39	7.33	8.50	9.62	8.63	10.67	8.17	9.06	13.62	8.05	8.30	9.73	9.92	9.53	9.62	12.03	8.40	5.77	5.86	5.36	4.62	6.67	4.70	5.24	5.01	6.53	6.27
Revenue YoY	—	—	—	—	18.2%	18.5%	20.7%	19.1%	16.9%	17.3%	13.5%	13.3%	13.2%	12.9%	12.2%	14.5%	18.7%	19.6%	16.9%	20.1%	17.3%	13.6%	18.3%	13.7%	13.7%	13.7%	11.5%	11.3%	11.1%	11.8%	10.9%	5.6%	3.8%	1.9%	6.8%	13.8%	15.9%	-2.3%	7.1%	-2.7%	-9.8%	4.2%
Profit YoY	—	—	—	—	16.0%	28.6%	38.6%	42.9%	41.3%	49.7%	48.4%	18.7%	11.8%	-43.1%	-0.3%	-17.7%	-0.6%	74.5%	14.7%	16.9%	45.5%	-3.9%	-5.8%	57.7%	-24.5%	1.6%	7.4%	-27.2%	18.3%	16.0%	23.7%	-15.3%	21.1%	21.8%	-10.8%	10.0%	15.5%	-19.8%	-2.3%	8.5%	-2.1%	33.5%

Returns & margins

trailing-twelve-month, per quarter

showing latest 8 of 32 periods

	DEC '18	MAR '19	JUN '19	SEP '19	DEC '19	MAR '20	JUN '20	SEP '20	DEC '20	MAR '21	JUN '21	SEP '21	DEC '21	MAR '22	JUN '22	SEP '22	DEC '22	MAR '23	JUN '23	SEP '23	DEC '23	MAR '24	JUN '24	SEP '24	DEC '24	MAR '25	JUN '25	SEP '25	DEC '25	MAR '26	JUN '26	SEP '26
ROE	6.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	13.8%	25.3%	37.7%	54.9%	58.0%	88.8%	91.8%	91.4%	91.7%	62.2%	60.8%	64.4%	63.9%	61.0%	64.7%	66.5%	71.5%	70.6%	75.4%	88.9%	88.4%	86.3%	83.7%	83.8%	83.9%	83.7%	85.1%	84.2%
ROCE	74.1%	75.1%	73.8%	72.6%	71.9%	66.1%	66.3%	71.9%	76.0%	116.4%	120.5%	119.7%	120.4%	81.6%	79.7%	84.5%	83.7%	82.4%	87.4%	89.8%	96.5%	95.3%	101.7%	119.8%	119.1%	116.2%	112.8%	113.0%	113.2%	112.9%	114.8%	113.5%
Net margin	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	4.3%	8.9%	13.5%	19.3%	20.0%	21.4%	21.6%	21.2%	21.0%	21.1%	20.6%	20.6%	20.4%	20.0%	20.8%	21.6%	22.7%	23.3%	24.2%	24.5%	24.1%	23.8%	23.3%	22.6%	22.5%	22.0%	21.7%	21.3%
EBITDA margin	28.0%	27.7%	27.8%	27.2%	27.0%	26.4%	26.7%	28.4%	29.1%	31.1%	31.3%	30.8%	30.7%	30.7%	29.9%	29.9%	29.4%	29.6%	30.6%	31.5%	32.9%	33.5%	34.0%	33.4%	32.8%	32.4%	31.8%	31.8%	31.5%	31.0%	30.6%	29.9%
Debt / equity	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Interest coverage	—	458.02	233.83	153.39	108.09	109.46	113.63	131.61	157.67	186.98	206.22	215.09	229.68	239.81	244.32	257.07	266.75	288.10	320.66	355.19	361.12	357.98	389.13	395.89	427.87	447.72	430.48	425.85	441.28	471.70	478.42	507.12
Asset turnover	1.72	1.70	1.72	1.73	1.75	1.73	1.71	1.74	1.78	1.67	1.72	1.74	1.76	1.76	1.77	1.77	1.78	1.81	1.86	1.75	1.78	1.78	1.83	1.85	1.87	2.00	1.98	1.85	1.86	1.77	1.82	1.76

Balance sheet

equity vs borrowings over time · ₹ crore

showing latest 6 of 16 periods

	MAR '16‡	MAR '17‡	MAR '18‡	MAR '19‡	MAR '20‡	MAR '21‡	MAR '22‡	SEP '22	MAR '23	SEP '23	MAR '24	SEP '24	MAR '25	SEP '25	MAR '26	SEP '26
Share capital	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Other equity / reserves	1,004	1,247	1,497	1,420	1,567	1,139	1,707	1,624	1,689	1,736	1,847	1,626	1,637	1,555	1,557	1,590
Total equity	1,031	1,274	1,525	1,447	1,594	1,166	1,735	1,651	1,716	1,763	1,874	1,653	1,664	1,582	1,584	1,618
Borrowings	—	—	0	78	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Current liabilities	943	983	983	1,051	870	1,618	1,082	1,180	1,085	1,267	1,239	1,518	1,277	1,512	1,743	1,929
Non-current liabilities	29	54	56	129	140	110	85	85	82	78	83	77	77	83	81	91
Total assets	2,003	2,311	2,564	2,626	2,604	2,894	2,902	2,916	2,883	3,108	3,197	3,248	3,019	3,178	3,408	3,638
Property, plant & equipment	1,008	1,108	1,146	1,191	1,123	1,065	963	913	862	815	794	822	776	742	718	673
Capital work-in-progress	78	167	159	199	190	145	122	122	114	123	110	31	38	29	27	52
Investments	31	31	31	31	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Inventories	292	293	227	249	297	336	357	368	335	308	296	349	377	326	376	420
Receivables	102	130	201	210	133	117	225	148	157	153	167	199	226	221	209	226
Cash & equivalents	193	199	305	378	398	297	724	929	806	855	889	806	668	1,306	1,426	1,588

Cash flow

annual · ₹ crore · line = free cash flow

showing latest 5 of 13 periods

	FY14‡	FY15‡	FY16‡	FY17‡	FY18‡	FY19‡	FY20‡	FY21‡	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Cash from operations	457	638	689	688	694	983	930	784	1,626	1,176	1,199	1,394	1,806
Cash from investing	-180	-272	-237	-342	-207	-96	-19	71	-108	-8	79	56	374
Cash from financing	-422	-385	-391	-341	-380	-815	-891	-956	-1,091	-1,087	-1,195	-1,671	-1,422
Capex	324	300	273	321	209	139	60	58	50	70	76	71	76
Free cash flow	134	338	416	367	485	844	869	726	1,576	1,106	1,123	1,323	1,730
Dividends paid	365	339	299	272	299	1,292	1,463	1,842	1,057	1,057	1,167	1,626	1,387

Where the assets sit

Sep '26 · ₹ crore

Fixed assets (PPE)

₹673 cr18%

CWIP

₹52 cr1%

Inventories

₹420 cr12%

Receivables

₹226 cr6%

Cash & equivalents

₹1,588 cr44%

Other assets

₹678 cr19%

Peer comparison

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Marico Ltd.	1,16,708	897.75	57.8	24.65	42.6%
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Tata Consumer Products Ltd.	1,07,511	1,086.30	63.2	4.86	7.7%
United Spirits Ltd.	1,02,805	1,418.00	55.6	11.34	20.4%
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.	87,083	851.00	41.2	6.90	16.8%
Dabur India Ltd.	67,474	380.35	33.3	5.87	17.6%
Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd.	45,669	1,679.00	33.5	28.23	84.2%

StoxGud checklist: Neutral setup · 5/10

Price above 50-day average
Price above 200-day average
50-day average above 200-day (uptrend)
RSI in healthy 40–70 zone
Positive 1-year return
Return on equity above 15%
Debt to equity below 1
Revenue growing year on year
Net profit margin above 10%
P/E below industry median

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Returns & technicals

1 month-4.5%

6 months-22.5%

1 year-26.0%

3Y CAGR-7.4%

5Y CAGR+1.7%

10Y CAGR+5.6%

50-day avg₹1,773.39

200-day avg₹1,990.72

RSI (14)38

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FAQs

What is the share price of Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd.?

Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd. (COLPAL) closed at ₹1,679.00 on NSE on 06 Nov 2026.

What is the market cap of Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd.?

₹45,669 crore at the latest close.

What is the P/E ratio of Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd.?

33.5, on trailing-twelve-month earnings from its filings.

How fast is Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd. growing?

Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd.: revenue has compounded at 4.9% a year over three years; net profit at 8.2% a year. Latest-quarter revenue is up 12.3% year on year, profit up 4.3%.

How profitable is Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd.?

On a trailing-twelve-month basis return on equity is 84.2%, return on capital employed 113.5%, operating margin 29.9%, net margin 21.3%.

How much debt does Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd. have?

Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd. is debt-free: debt to equity is 0.00 with borrowings of ₹0 cr against cash of ₹1,588 cr (balance sheet of 2026-09-30). Operating profit covers interest 507.1 times.

Financials parsed from Colgate Palmolive (India) Ltd.'s own XBRL filings to NSE (standalone), ₹ crore unless marked. Quarterly from MAR '18, annual from FY18, balance sheet from Mar '16. * = derived (full year or half year minus earlier quarters). ‡ = balance sheet / cash flow read from the company's published annual report (same basis), for years before the NSE filings carry them; each one checked to add up. Information only, not investment advice.