Colgate share price today

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd's share price was ₹1,660.70 at the close on 4 November 2026. It has been falling for 97 weeks. That is 16.5% below its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between ₹1,597 and ₹2,255, and at that close it sat 10% of the way up from that low.

A share price tends to move through four phases: moving sideways (stage 1), rising (stage 2), stalling near a high (stage 3) and falling (stage 4). Today Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd is in stage 4. The phase helps read everything below.

Over the past 13 weeks it has done worse than the NIFTY 500, and it has been behind for 15 weeks running.

Over the last 11 years the share price moved +96% while the NIFTY 500 moved +249%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. It was last ahead over 13 weeks in the week of 24 July 2026. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week.

This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row.

Three changes stood out: lowest operating margin in 15 quarters, highest quarterly revenue in 16 quarters and revenue up on a year earlier for 4 quarters in a row.

1. Lowest operating margin in 15 quarters

   Operating margin was 28% in the September 2026 quarter, against 31% a year earlier.

2. Highest quarterly revenue in 16 quarters

   Revenue of ₹1,706 crore in the September 2026 quarter is the highest of the last 16 quarters.

3. Revenue up on a year earlier for 4 quarters in a row

   In the September 2026 quarter revenue was ₹1,706 crore, +12.2% on a year earlier.

For July to September 2026 (the quarter ended 30 September 2026), Colgate reported revenue of ₹1,706 crore, up 12.2% from ₹1,520 crore a year earlier, and a profit of ₹342 crore, up 4.3% from ₹328 crore.

Colgate results: July to September 2026 against a year earlier

The next results, for October to December 2026, are due by 14 February 2027: listed companies must publish quarterly results within 45 days of the quarter's end (60 days for the January to March quarter).

The newest call in our records is from 17 August 2026, about April to June 2026; a call about these results is not in our records yet.

From the company's reported quarterly results (quarter ended 30 September 2026). Revenue and profit in ₹ crore.

Colgate closed at ₹1,660.70 on 4 November 2026, down 23.4% from ₹2,167.20 a year earlier (7 November 2025) and up 9.1% over five years. Its highest weekly close since March 2016 was ₹3,764.05 on 27 September 2024.

Colgate share price: then and now

Weekly closing prices. Each change is the move from that price to the 4 Nov 2026 close. A day's intraday high or low can go beyond these weekly closes.

561 weekly closes from 4 March 2016 to 4 November 2026.

4 Nov 2026: Colgate closed at ₹1,660.70, up 4.0% on the week and down 4.3% on the month. 2 Nov 2026: ex-date for an interim dividend of ₹24 a share.

Earlier

• Results for July to September 2026: Revenue up 12.2% and profit up 4.3% on a year earlier.
• 17 Aug 2026: Colgate held its results call for April to June 2026. Management guided: Balanced growth across volume, mix and price rather than predominantly price-led growth.
• 1 Jun 2026: ex-date for an interim dividend of ₹24 a share.

Colgate paid ₹48 a share in regular dividends in the 12 months to 5 November 2026 (2 payments), a yield of 2.89% at the ₹1,660.70 close on 4 November 2026. The last was an interim dividend of ₹24 a share, ex-date 2 November 2026.

Colgate dividends since 1 April 2021

Amounts as the company declared them on the NSE. A dividend goes to whoever owns the shares before the ex-date.

Yes. Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd paid out 119% of its profit as dividends in FY26, and it paid a dividend in each of its last 13 reported years.

From the NSE corporate-actions record, read 5 November 2026.

On the call for April to June 2026, held on 17 August 2026, Colgate's management guided: Balanced growth across volume, mix and price rather than predominantly price-led growth.

“To sum up, our objective, or goal, going forward is to drive growth ahead of profitability.”Jacob, on the call for April to June 2026

What management guided

• Gross margins expected to remain within the current range, with price increases spaced out as costs are monitored.
• Operating profit percentage may face short-term pressure; no fixed operating profit level will constrain premium brand spending.
• Toothbrush growth to continue through availability, regimen, children, rural replacement and urban premium trade-up.
• Palmolive partnership to build e-commerce and D2C performance, with progress assessed over the next 2-3 years.

Management’s own plans and goals, from our notes of the call. A plan is not a result.

Source: the call transcript.

From the call for April to June 2026, 17 August 2026. The July to September 2026 results are out since, so this part may be out of date until we update it.

When Colgate reports October to December 2026, these are the 4 checks that show whether the story is still on course. First: Premium toothpaste to keep outpacing core; check whether Total, Visible White Purple and Periogard produce repeat demand.

Colgate is on 3 of our India lists: 52 week high & low, Dividend stocks and Small & mid cap stocks.

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd earned ₹342 Cr of net profit in the Sep 2026 quarter, +4.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 2nd quarter in a row of profit growth. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹1,325 Cr. Over 10 years profit has grown 8.6% a year on average. That is 20.0% of the quarter's revenue.

Net profit is what is left after every cost, interest and tax. Earnings per share, dividends and book value all grow from it.

The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹328 Cr.

For the full year, FY26 profit was ₹1,325 Cr (−7.8% on the year before).

Why profit moved: revenue changed +12.2% on a year earlier and the margin moved −3.0 percentage points. Sales did the work while the margin got thinner.

On average over the last four quarters, profit changed +2.7% and revenue +8.6%. Profit is growing slower than sales: rising costs are taking part of the growth.

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd reported ₹1,706 Cr of revenue in the Sep 2026 quarter, +12.2% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 4th quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 10 years it has grown 4.5% a year on average. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹6,035 Cr.

Revenue is everything the company billed its customers in the period.

The last four reported quarters add to ₹6,390 Cr.

FY26 revenue was ₹6,035 Cr, −0.1% on the year before.

Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +8.6% on average, against 4.5% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing faster than its own long-run rate.

Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +8.7%, against +3.2% a year over the last 8 quarters (accelerating); profit over the last 12 months grew +2.6%, against −3.7% a year (accelerating).

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd's operating margin was 28.0% in the Sep 2026 quarter, 3.0 percentage points lower than the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 years it has been between 19.0% and 33.0%. The latest quarter is within that range.

Operating margin is what is left from every ₹100 of sales after the costs of running the business, before interest and tax. It shows pricing power and cost control.

Why the margin moved: operating margin changed −2.9 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed +0.4 points. So the drop came mostly from costs below the gross margin, such as staff and overheads, measured against sales.

Over the last 3 years, 108% of Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd's reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY26 it brought in ₹1,806 Cr of operating cash against ₹1,325 Cr of profit. After ₹77.0 Cr of spending on assets, ₹1,729 Cr was left over as free cash.

The profit and loss account shows what was earned. The cash-flow statement shows the cash that actually came in. Comparing operating cash flow with profit is one of the best checks that a profit is real.

Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year.

Why 108% of profit came in as cash: the cash cycle got 97 days shorter between FY21 and FY26, so cash that used to wait in the business now arrives sooner.

What to look at next: no single use of cash stands out. The next section checks both the cash tied up in daily operations and the spending on assets.

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd's cash cycle, the days between paying suppliers and getting paid by customers, was −188 days in FY26, down from −91 days in FY21. It spent ₹250 Cr on assets over the last 3 years. Customers take 13 days to pay, and stock sits for 75 days on average.

Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid. Debtor days: how long customers take to pay. Inventory days: how long stock sits. The cash cycle: the whole loop, in days of sales.

At FY26 sales of ₹6,035 Cr, each day of that cycle ties up about ₹16.5 Cr, so roughly −₹3,108 Cr is tied up in the business at any time.

FY26: customers took 13 days to pay and stock sat for 75 days, about 2.5 months of sales sitting as stock, for a full cycle of −188 days, shorter than FY21's −91.

The full loop: cash goes out to suppliers and production on day 0. Stock sits for 75 days. Customers pay about 13 days after that. Suppliers are paid at 275 days. Together that makes the −188-day cycle.

Spending on assets: ₹250 Cr over the last 3 years, against ₹481 Cr of depreciation (the yearly wear and tear on existing assets). So it is spending about what it takes to replace what wears out, or less. Work still in progress is ₹27.0 Cr (FY26): assets paid for that are not earning yet.

In short: neither the daily cycle nor new spending is soaking up the cash, so the picture is fairly clean.

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd's P/E is 32.7×, about the lowest it has ever been. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 44.9×, over 11 years of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth.

P/E is the share price divided by a year's profit per share: how many rupees the market pays for each rupee of yearly profit.

The P/E here, and its history, use a profit figure that can leave out one-off items, so it can differ from a P/E worked out on the quarterly results. Those results' earnings per share for the four quarters to Sep 2026 add up to ₹50.07.