Colgate net up 14.7% to Rs 37 crore

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Colgate Palmolive (India) reported net profit of Rs 37 crore for the quarter ended March 2006, 14.71 per cent higher than the Rs 32.34 crore recorded in the corresponding quarter last year. Net sales for the period was Rs 302.06 crore, up by 25.83 per cent over Rs 240.04 in the year-ago period.

For the full year ended March 2006, the company's net profit rose 55.12 per cent to Rs 137.6 crore compared with Rs 88.7 crore in the last financial year. Net sales for the year was higher by 6.36 per cent to Rs 1,124.19 crore as compared with Rs 1,056.9 crore last year.

During the year, the company paid three interim dividends aggregating Rs 7.50 per share. Earnings per share stood at Rs 10.12 from Rs 6.52 last year.