COLGATE PALMOLIVE LTD. Financial Ratios
COLPAL · Fast Moving Consumer Goods · Current price ₹1,840.4
P/E ratio
37.8x
P/B ratio
35.4x
ROE
83.6%
ROCE
108.0%
Debt / Equity
0.03
Dividend yield
2.6%
Ratio reference
| Ratio | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 37.8x | Price paid per ₹1 of annual earnings — lower is cheaper (context-dependent). |
| P/B | 35.4x | Price relative to book value — <1 can signal deep value or trouble. |
| ROE | 83.6% | Return on equity — how much profit the company earns on shareholder capital. |
| ROCE | 108.0% | Return on capital employed — efficiency including debt. >15% is strong. |
| D/E | 0.03 | Leverage — higher means more debt-funded, riskier in downturns. |
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COLGATE PALMOLIVE LTD. profitability
COLGATE PALMOLIVE LTD. generates a return on equity of 83.6% and a return on capital employed of 108.0%. An ROE consistently above 15% usually points to a quality business with a durable advantage; below 10% suggests weak profitability or a capital-heavy model.
Leverage & valuation
With a debt-to-equity of 0.03 and a P/E of 37.8x, COLGATE PALMOLIVE LTD. is conservatively financed. Our overall business-quality score for the company is 5.7 / 10.
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