FMCG dividend giants: Colgate, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Britannia: Which stock offers highest yield?
Colgate Palmolive is in focus in a corporate actions development.
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ITC led four major FMCG companies in annual dividend yield at 3.63% over the past year. Colgate Palmolive India yielded 2.16%.
The analysis
Colgate Palmolive reported movement of 3.63% and 2.16%. Those are the figures as filed — what moves the price is how they sit against what the market already expected, not their absolute size.
Against that, the stock is -2.0% on the day at ₹1,596.50, and has returned -23.4% over three months. It sits 30% below its 52-week high, which means a good deal of bad news was already in the price. The fmcg sector has moved -10.7% over the same period, so Colgate Palmolive is running 12.7 points behind its peers.
With Colgate Palmolive, Hindustan Unilever and ITC all implicated, this reads as a FMCG-level move rather than a company-specific one, which is the more durable kind of signal.
Why it matters
- Buybacks, dividends and splits change what a shareholder actually receives, and often signal how management reads its own value.
Market context
- 3 of the 3 companies named are in FMCG, so the story reads across that sector rather than for one company.
- On the day, 2 of 3 are higher: Hindustan Unilever leads at +0.3% and Colgate Palmolive trails at -2.0%.
- Over three months: Colgate Palmolive -23.4% against FMCG -10.7% (12.7 points behind); Hindustan Unilever -11.5% against FMCG -10.7% (0.8 points behind); ITC -6.8% against FMCG -10.7% (3.9 points ahead).
- At least 25% below the 52-week high: Colgate Palmolive (30%) and ITC (37%).
| Company | Price | Day | 1M | 3M | From 52-wk high | Volume vs 20-day | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colgate PalmoliveCOLPAL · FMCG | ₹1,596.50 | -2.0% | -9.5% | -23.4% | -30.4% | 0.9× | — |
| Hindustan UnileverHINDUNILVR · FMCG | ₹1,864.60 | +0.3% | -0.8% | -11.5% | -24.7% | 1.0× | — |
| ITCITC · FMCG | ₹265.60 | +0.2% | +1.1% | -6.8% | -36.8% | 0.7× | — |
FMCG
1M -4.9% · 3M -10.7%
Colgate Palmolive, Hindustan Unilever, ITC
Prices as of 30 Oct 2026, 16:10 IST. Sector moves are the average of the stocks we track in each sector.
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