Colgate-Palmolive India Q4 Results: Profit Falls Over 6% But Meets Estimates
Colgate India's net profit slipped to Rs 355 crore in the January-March quarter, whereas the revenue came in at Rs 1,462 crore.
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd.'s net profit fell 6.5% in the fourth quarter of financial year 2025 but met analysts' estimates.
The consolidated bottom-line of the toothpaste maker fell to Rs 355 crore in the January-March quarter, according to an exchange filing on Wednesday. That compares with the Rs 361-crore consensus estimate of analysts tracked by Bloomberg.
Colgate-Palmolive Q4 Highlights (Consolidated, YoY)
Revenue down 1.9% at Rs 1,462 crore versus Rs 1,490 crore (Bloomberg estimate: Rs 1,522 crore)
Ebitda down 6.4% at Rs 498.1 crore versus Rs 532.2 crore (Bloomberg estimate: Rs 501 crore)
Margin at 34.1% versus 35.7% (Bloomberg estimate: 32.9%)
Net profit down 6.5% at Rs 355 crore versus Rs 380 crore (Bloomberg estimate: Rs 361 crore)
The company has declared a second interim dividend of Rs 27 per equity share of Re 1 each for the financial year 2024-25. The record date to determine the shareholders eligible for the dividend payout for the financial year ended March 31 has been fixed as May 28, according to an exchange filing.
The dividend will be paid on and from June 16, 2025 to those shareholders whose names appear in the register of members of the company as on the record date.
Shares of Colgate-Palmolive (India) closed 1.16% higher at Rs 2,660 apiece on the NSE ahead of the results, as compared with a 0.52% advance in the benchmark Nifty 50.
