Colgate-Palmolive Q1 Results: Profit dips 12% on rising competition, tepid urban demand
demand
and intensified competition in its core oral care business weighed on sales.
The toothpaste maker's net profit fell 12% to 3.21 billion rupees ($37.20 million) in the
quarter
ended June 30.
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from operations for the toothpaste-to-shower gels maker dropped 4.4% to 14.21 billion rupees.
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The local arm of Colgate-Palmolive, known for its eponymous range of Colgate toothpastes, has said in a prior call with analysts that weak urban demand was causing consumers to use staples such as toothpaste for longer, impacting overall volumes.
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The company's results in the current reporting quarter reflect subdued urban demand and elevated competition with local players, it said in a statement.
Colgate has been sharpening its focus on differentiated offerings that promise higher quality oral benefits to tackle these challenges, leading with a more
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PEER COMPARISON
Valuation (next 12 Estimates (next 12 Analysts' sentiment months) months)
RIC PE EV/EBI Price/ Revenue Profit
Mean
No. of Stock to Div
TDA Sales growth (%) growth (%) rating* analyst price yields target** (%)
Colgate-Palmolive 41.97 29.70 NULL 7.02 5.49 Hold 30 0.92 2.13 (India)
Godrej Consumer 51.46 35.82 8.00 9.46 21.30 Buy 34 0.92 1.60
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Hindustan Unilever
52.37 36.60 8.84 5.37 6.25 Buy 19 0.99 1.73
Dabur India
45.94 34.72 6.80 7.88 10.20 Hold 39 1.01 1.53
* The mean of analyst ratings standardised to a scale of Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, and Strong Sell
** The ratio of the stock's last close to analysts' mean price target; a ratio above 1 means the stock is trading above the PT
APRIL-JUNE STOCK PERFORMANCE
-- All data from LSEG
-- $1 = 86.2960 Indian rupees
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