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Godrej Consumer Products Limited

GODREJCP.NS
53
Household & Personal Products · Consumer Defensive
Exchange
National Stock Exchange of India
Winston Score
53
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Good
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Weak

Winston Score History

The full picture

Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL) is an Indian company that makes everyday household and personal care products. Its main product categories include soaps, hair color, insecticides (bug-killing sprays and coils), and air fresheners. Brands like Godrej No. 1 soap, Good Knight mosquito repellents, and Hit insecticide sprays are sold to hundreds of millions of households across India and other emerging markets.

GCPL earns money by selling these consumer goods through a vast network of retailers, distributors, and increasingly through e-commerce. The company operates across India, Africa, Indonesia, and Latin America, making it one of the larger emerging-market consumer goods companies. Its moat comes from strong brand recognition, deep rural distribution in India, and leadership positions in the home insecticide category. The key growth driver is expanding its product reach in underpenetrated African and Asian markets, while the main risk is rising raw material costs — such as palm oil and chemicals — which can squeeze its healthy gross margins.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+8.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+9.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

Insider Activity

61.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

₹0 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Godrej Consumer Products Limited is growing revenue at 8% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
38.7%
Modest — 38.7% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
17.2%
Healthy — 17.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
17.6%
Strong — 17.6% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+9.2%
Steady sales growth (+9.2% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+3.3%
Modest earnings growth (+3.3% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
34%
Weak — only 34% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
2.3%
Thin free cash flow (2.3%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.33
Conservative — low debt load (0.33)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
8.98x
Comfortably covers interest (9.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
49.9x
no trend
Expensive — P/E 49.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+15.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (49.9 → 34.7)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
1.87%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.87% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+0.0%
no trend
Dividend flat

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