Colgate (India) Dividend yield

Colgate (India) is part of Personal Goods business, which is part of Consumer Goods industry. Colgate (India) is a company from India, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Colgate (India) paid a total dividend of 7,602 million INR last year, for a market value of 370,804 millions (Market Cap 88,988 millions). Dividend per share of Colgate (India) is 27.95 INR, and his stock market price 1,363.25 INR.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Colgate (India) has a dividend yield of 2.05%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from India. It is also lower than average of Consumer Goods industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Colgate (India) dividend yield with other Personal Goods companies or firms from India.

Colgate (India) Dividend Payout

About the ability of Colgate (India) to maintain his current dividend of INR 27.95 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.05%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Colgate (India) payout on ernings is currently 93.07%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Goods industry, which are 37.66% and 35.45% respectively. Both figures show that Colgate (India) can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Colgate (India) is INR 33.66 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of INR 27.95, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Colgate (India), compared againt world market average, India companies, Consumer Goods industry and Personal Goods sector companies.

Colgate (India) Stock performance

Finally, last moth Colgate (India) showed a return of -4.20% compared to a worldwide 4.36% average, and a 5.61% of Consumer Goods firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 7.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 2.14%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for India and Personal Goods firms.