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Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited (COLPAL)
Mid CapFMCG stocks · Mid cap · NSE
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited is a leading consumer goods company focused on oral care, including toothpaste and toothbrushes, and personal care products like hand and body wash. It emphasizes driving category consumption, premiumization, and strong brand health through extensive distribution and R&D.
Data qualityFresh enough for analysisQuote updated 21 Oct, 04:45 am ISTDetails
Quote21 Oct, 04:45 am IST
Base fundamentals16 Oct 2026 · screener
Latest result29 Jul, 05:18 pm IST
Score21 Oct, 04:30 am IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags15 Aug 2026
Coverage14/14 · 100%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · FMCG P/E 37.8 (n=42)
Technical timing lens
Trend score and candlestick chart
23Bearishfull bear SMA stack · SMA20 -2.4% / mo · MACD + · near 52W low · sector -4.5pp vs Nifty 500 (3M)
Stock trend: 26
Sector RS: 18
Sector 3M: -10.2% vs Nifty 500 -5.6%
FMCG FPI tailwindNot confirmed
Latest mapped FPI equity flow was not positive. View sector evidence
Technical chart
COLPALD candles · FIT view-19.8%Latest close ₹1741.10 on 2026-10-19
Bar
-1.7%
RSI
41
MACD hist
0.81
52W pos
4%
2026-10-19O ₹1772.00H ₹1776.50L ₹1723.10C ₹1741.10Vol 5.3L sh
Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal
Market context
Relative performance and chart statistics
Adjusted completed-session prices, rebased to 100
COLPALNifty FMCGNifty 500
- COLPAL
- -17.6%
- Nifty 500
- -5.6%
- Nifty FMCG
- -10.5%
- Vs Nifty 500
- -12.0 pp
Chart stats
19 Oct 2026- From 52W high
- -25.3%
- 52W range position
- 4%
- ATR (14)
- 2.9%
- Volume vs 20D
- 0.95x
- Avg traded value
- ₹100 Cr
- 20D price channel
- ₹1,716.1 - ₹1,903
₹2,329.9
₹1,716.1 - ₹2,329.9
₹50.6
Latest completed session
20-session average
32.9% annualized volatility
Research snapshot
What the evidence says now
Mixed fundamentals, management evidence is still limited to a financial-only Trust Lite signal, price trend argues for patience, and recent execution is consistent.
Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The evidence is not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
Legacy · FAIR VALUE50
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Latest result
Bad22
Revenue +11.8% · PAT +6.8% YoY
Technical
Bearish23
Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.
Valuation
Legacy model-1253.5%
Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.
Trust
Limited evidence85
Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.
Financials
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Financials
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
Latest result
Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026
Bad · 22/100margin compression · Rev +12% YoY · PAT +7% YoY
Filed 29 Jul 2026
Open results browser →| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹1,603 Cr | +11.8% | +0.5% |
| EBITDA | ₹483 Cr | +6.6% | -5.3% |
| Operating margin | 30.0% | -200 bps | -200 bps |
| PAT | ₹343 Cr | +6.8% | -2.8% |
| PAT margin | 21.4% | -98 bps | -73 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Fundamentals
Valuation
- P/E
- 112.00
- P/B
- 147.19
- EV/EBITDA
- 104.19
- Market Cap
- 48443.00Cr
Profitability
- ROE
- 158.00%
- ROCE
- 179.00%
- ROA
- 49.27%
- Dividend Y
- 2.69%
Growth (CAGR)
- Revenue 5Y
- 1.00%
- EPS 5Y
- 1.00%
- Revenue 3Y
- 15.00%
- EPS 3Y
- 33.00%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.02
- Interest Coverage
- 217.00×
- Altman Z
- 10.17
- Book Value
- 12.10
Cash Flow
- FCF Yield
- 0.89%
- FCF Positive Y
- 5/5
- OCF
- 404.00 Cr
- EPS TTM
- 15.96
Shareholding
- Promoter Hold
- 51.00%
- Promoter Pledge
- 0.00%
- Momentum 52W
- 11%
Financial History
Updated 20/10/2026
Revenue
₹ CrLatest: 6,035-0.1% vs prev
Net Profit
₹ CrLatest: 1,325-7.8% vs prev
Return on Equity
%Latest: 83.7-3.1% vs prev
Technicals
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Technicals
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Daily technical trend read
Bearish setupTrend is weak — long-term trend down. RSI 41.
- Price < SMA20 < SMA50 < SMA200 — full bearish stack.
- SMA20 falling (~2.4% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
- RSI(14) at 41 — sideways, no extreme reading.
- MACD above signal but histogram contracting — bullish momentum cooling.
- Within 5% of 52-week low — testing support.
Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.
Nifty 500 leadership
Relative Strength & Trend Stage
23
RS percentile
Stage 4 Downtrend
1M return
-9.2%
3M return
-17.6%
6M return
-17.8%
1Y return
-22.0%
RS 1D
-2
RS 20D
-7
Sector rank
#15
Industry rank
-
Stage evidence
- Price is 12.0% below the 30-week proxy.
- The 50-DMA is below the 30-week proxy and its slope is falling -2.1%.
- Both 3-month and 6-month returns are negative.
50-DMA
price below
200-DMA
price below
Sector
lagging
Industry
unranked
Relative-strength line vs Nifty 500 (base 100)
262 observations
19 Oct 2026Value 80.66-0.67%
RS vs Nifty 50081
Valuation & peers
U-Score 50 · legacy U-Score band FAIR VALUE · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Valuation & peers
U-Score 50 · legacy U-Score band FAIR VALUE · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Premium Compounder
Fundamental score breakdown
U band · FAIR VALUEValuation0/30
Growth7/25
Quality20/20
Balance Sheet11/15
Cash Flow6/10
Piotroski
8/9 (+5)
Penalties
1
Raw sum
50
Why this score?
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
50/100 · legacy band FAIR VALUE
Positive drivers
- Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
- Quality contributes 20/20 to the score.
- Balance sheet contributes 11/15 to the score.
Main drags
- Fair-value margin of safety is negative at -1253.5%.
- Valuation is weaker at 0/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
- Growth is weaker at 7/25; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model
Consumer valuation: PE/PEG and brand-quality premium
Consumer franchises can deserve higher multiples, but only when growth quality supports them.
Primary lens
PE and PEG relative to growth, ROE, margins, and brand strength.
Secondary checks
Volume growth, pricing power, distribution, same-store or category growth.
Main risk check
Premium valuation needs durable growth and margin resilience.
PE
112.0
PB
147.2
EV/EBITDA
104.2
ROE
158.0%
ROCE
179.0%
FCF Yield
0.9%
Debt/Equity
0.0
MoS
-1253.5%
Score movement
Stored run vs live recompute
This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.
Stored run: 21 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
50
Previous: 50
Legacy U-Score band
FAIR VALUE
Previous: FAIR VALUE
Margin of safety
-1253.5%
Previous: -1253.5%
Score history
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
21 Oct 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
54
54
54
54
54
54
50
50
50
50
50
50
Factor attribution
No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.
Modelled fair value
Graham Number
₹65.92
-2541.3% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
8.1
Growth-justified Value
₹128.64
-1253.5% MoS
PEG
70.00
Comparable companies
Peers
Business-comparable peers in FMCG — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.
Ticker
Name
Why peer
Score
PE
ROE
MoS
Verdict
HONASA
Large
Honasa Consumer Limited
FMCG
match 108
43
59.0
15.7%
-28%
WATCHLIST
EMAMILTD
Large
Emami Limited
Consumer Goods
match 108
62
21.8
26.2%
+50%
UNDERVALUED
GODREJCP
Large
Godrej Consumer Products Limited
Consumer Goods
match 106
36
43.0
16.1%
-362%
WATCHLIST
GILLETTE
Large
Gillette India Limited
Consumer Goods
match 105
69
35.2
66.5%
+21%
UNDERVALUED
HINDUNILVR
Large
Hindustan Unilever Limited
Consumer Goods
match 97
61
40.3
31.0%
+35%
UNDERVALUED
Business, management & trust
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Business, management & trust
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Business and thesis
Where growth can come from, and what can break the case
Thesis intactReviewed 2026-06-14T07:24:47.776Z
Management commentary snapshot
Q4 FY26 domestic net sales grew 9.2% YoY, showing significant acceleration after a flat full year. Gross margins remained strong at 69.6%, with EBITDA at 32.2%, despite increased brand investments and commodity/currency headwinds.
COLPAL's Q4 performance indicates a positive shift, driven by premiumization and increased brand investments. While full-year growth was muted, the sequential improvement and resilient margins are encouraging. The focus on driving consumption and expanding distribution, coupled with AI adoption, positions the company for potential long-term growth, though rural demand trends need monitoring.
Growth engines
Oral Care Premiumization
Accelerated investments behind Premium portfolio (Colgate Total, Visible White, PerioGard) showing significant elasticity on advertising.
Toothbrush Category Growth
Significant growth opportunity in India, playing across value, mid-tier, premium, and kids segments, with new brushes launched.
Core Brand Competitive Growth
Relaunched Colgate Strong Teeth with superior formulation (arginine plus calcium boost), Max Fresh continues to be the fastest growing franchise.
Personal Care Business
Palmolive Hand Wash and Body Wash growing strongly, Moments Range innovation, and a new digital-first approach for Body Wash.
Tailwinds
Urban Market Recovery
Urban markets are now beginning to pick up in terms of growth, off a relatively soft base.
E-commerce Growth
E-commerce as a channel is growth-accretive, margin-accretive, share-accretive, and premiumization-accretive for the company.
Brand Investment Elasticity
Seeing significant elasticity behind increased brand investments, particularly on the Premium portfolio.
Headwinds
GST IDS Impact
The GST IDS impact will be an ongoing thing and will come through every quarter, affecting operating profit.
Commodity & Currency Challenges
Despite these headwinds, the company continues to deliver very good margins.
Rural Market Slowdown
There is a slight slowdown in rural growth, though it is still expected to grow faster than urban.
Risk radar
Market Distortion from GST
Value growth pickup in Nielsen will be quite distorted given that MRP pricing has actually gone down due to GST.
Translating Claimed Behavior
While claimed results for brushing habits are positive, only some of it will translate into actual behavior.
Management accountability
What management said, and what results must prove
Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.
Analyst reading lens
Compare BOTH
Q4 YoY growth shows recent acceleration, while full-year performance was flat due to earlier tough quarters. Sequential improvement in H2 over H1 indicates momentum, making both comparisons relevant to assess current trajectory and underlying business health.
Sector KPIs management disclosed
Net Sales Growth (Q4 Domestic)
Domestic growth now at 9.2% YoY for Q4 FY26.
Gross Margins
Gross margins continue to be strong at 69.6% for Q4 FY26 and 69.3% for the full year.
EBITDA Margins
EBITDA margins at 32.2% for Q4 FY26 (includes 160 bps GST IDS impact) and 31.2% for full year FY26 (includes 80 bps GST IDS impact).
Brand Investments
Brand investments just under Rs. 200 crores in Q4 FY26, representing a 10% increase from the same quarter previous year.
Management forward view
Renewed Optimism
Entering Calendar Year 2026 with a renewed sense of optimism and confidence in terms of what this business can deliver.
Drive Category Consumption
Focus continues to be to build category consumption and therefore drive volume.
Continued Premiumization
Transformatively accelerate Oral Care Premiumization, which has seen a step change.
Leveraging AI
Using Google AI technology to drive effectiveness, efficiency, and capability across the organization, with near universal adoption.
Thesis monitor
Numbers and claims to verify in the next filings
| Checkpoint | Current evidence | What to verify next |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic Volume Growth | Overall market is flat-to-increasing. | Need to continuously look at volume growth because value growth pickup in Nielsen will be distorted by GST impact on pricing. |
| Premiumization Contribution | Premiumization mix is up 35% over two years. | Monitor continued growth and margin accretion from the premium segment, especially with accelerated investments. |
| Rural Demand Trends | Rural markets seeing a slight slowdown. | Observe if rural growth picks up and converges with urban trends, and the effectiveness of rural consumption initiatives. |
| EBITDA Margin Calibration | EBITDA margin for Q4 FY26 is 32.2% (including 160 bps GST IDS impact). | EBITDA will be calibrated depending on advertising support and response; watch for sustained industry-leading margins. |
Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.
Trust Score
85Limited evidence · low confidenceTrust Lite
Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.
Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 98th percentile of the scored universe and 91st percentile within FMCG. No major sub-score weakness stands out.
This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.
Computed 21 Oct 2026
management-trust-v1
70 docs text-extracted · 20 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Limited evidence
Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.
Relative rank
98th percentile
overall median 67 · FMCG: 91st pctile, median 79 · Mid: 93rd pctile, median 76
Evidence depth
Financial-only
70 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.
Claim delivery
Outcome history still building
0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet
How to read this Trust Score
Limited evidence · low confidenceWhat it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Can support position sizing if valuation and trend also agree.
Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.
Forensic breakdown
Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.
Promoter
78
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
77
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
96
strong · leverage and solvency
Discipline
98
strong · capital discipline
Results
75
strong · quarterly consistency
Trust positives
- ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
- ▸FCF yield is positive at 0.9%.
- ▸5 years of positive FCF.
- ▸Debt/equity is 0.02.
Trust risks
- ▸No major Trust Lite risk flags.
Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.
Continue researching Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited
Important announcements & filings
Latest exchange and company disclosures found within the past two years.
Open source ↗
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Press Release / Media Release 30 Sep - Colgate India screened 3,08,106 students across 547 schools in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, setting a world record.
Source: Bse
AnnouncementSep 2026
Sep 2026 · Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Press Release / Media Release 10 Sep - Colgate partners with KBC 18 on September 10, 2026 to promote oral health and nighttime brushing.
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 17 Sep - Please find attached herewith Schedule of Analyst/Institutional Investor Meeting.
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 7 Sep - Please find attached herewith Schedule of Analyst/Institutional Investor Meeting.
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Press Release / Media Release 18 Aug - Colgate PerioGard becomes India's first gum care regimen to earn ISP Seal of Acceptance.
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 18 Aug - Newspaper Publication given to the shareholders regarding transfer of dividend and shares to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority and Special ....
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Analyst / Investor Meet - Intimation 5 Aug - Please find herewith enclosed Intimation of Schedule of Analyst/Institutional Investor Meeting.
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 30 Jul - Please find herewith attached Newspaper Publication for Unaudited Financial Results of the Company.
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 6 Jul - Please find herewith enclosed newspaper extracts of the public notice regarding the Notice of 85th Annual General Meeting and E-voting information of the Company.
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 24 Jun - Please find herewith attached Newspaper Publication.
Source: Bse
Announcement
Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Newspaper Publication 17 Jun - Please find herewith attached Newspaper Publication.
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