Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited vs Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited
An objective side-by-side of COLPAL and PGHH, both in Personal Care - Multinational: valuation, profitability, growth, balance sheet, ownership and share-price performance. Where one number is clearly better on its own terms (lower P/E, higher ROE), it is shaded. That is a description, not a recommendation.
Prices as of 2026-09-21 close
Latest results: COLPAL Jun 2026 · PGHH Jun 2026
At a glance
- Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited is the larger company by market value, about 2.1 times the size of Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited.
- On trailing earnings, Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited trades at the lower P/E (30.5 against 38.2).
- Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited earns the higher return on equity (104.9% against 85.1%).
- Over three years Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited has grown profits faster (14% a year against 8%).
- Over the past year the share prices returned -20.0% (COLPAL) and -44.0% (PGHH).
| Metric | Colgate Palmolive COLPAL |
Procter & Gamble PGHH |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | ₹51,460 Cr | ₹24,105 Cr |
| Share price | ₹1,892 | ₹7,426 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 38.17 | 30.50 |
| P/B | 32.49 | 32.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 27.11 | 22.42 |
| PEG | 4.77 | 2.18 |
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | 2.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| ROE | 85.1% | 104.9% |
| ROCE | 108.0% | 157.0% |
| Operating margin | 30.6% | 25.3% |
| Sales (TTM) | ₹6,204 Cr | ₹4,244 Cr |
| Net profit (TTM) | ₹1,348 Cr | ₹790 Cr |
| Growth | ||
| Latest quarter sales YoY | +11.8% | -4.9% |
| Latest quarter profit YoY | +6.9% | -34.3% |
| Sales CAGR 3Y | +5.0% | +3.0% |
| Profit CAGR 3Y | +8.0% | +14.0% |
| Sales CAGR 5Y | +5.0% | +7.0% |
| Profit CAGR 5Y | +5.0% | +15.0% |
| Financial strength | ||
| Debt/Equity | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Interest cover | 431.00 | 112.52 |
| Ownership | ||
| Promoter holding | 51.0% | 70.6% |
| Promoter change (4 qtrs) | +0.00 pp | +0.00 pp |
| Price performance | ||
| Return 1M | -0.94% | -9.97% |
| Return 3M | -4.54% | -18.90% |
| Return 1Y | -20.02% | -43.95% |
| Return YTD | -8.85% | -42.75% |
| Technical condition | ||
| Technical score | 50 | 19 |
| RS rating (1-99) | 37.00 | 6.00 |
| % vs 200-DMA | -7.77% | -26.96% |
| RSI (14) | 51.44 | 22.84 |
| % from 52-week high | -20.48% | -48.82% |
