Godrej Consumer Products rebounds 10% from day's low on heavy volumes

The stock was up 4% to Rs 963, bouncing back 10% from its intra-day low of Rs 876 on BSE

Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) gained 4% to Rs 963, bouncing back 10% from its intra-day low on BSE, on back of heavy volumes.

Till 1:26 pm; a combined 5.24 million shares representing 0.77% of total equity of GCPL changed hands on NSE and BSE. In past two weeks on an average 1.5 million shares were traded daily on both the exchanges.

The stock of personal products company dipped 5% to Rs 876, its lowest level since May 24, 2017, in early morning trade. It fell 19% in past five trading sessions from its record high level of Rs 1,084 touched on July 27.

GCPL had reported a lower than expected consolidated net profit and revenue in June quarter (Q1FY18), dragged down by subdued Indonesia performance and lower margins (weighed down by higher A&P spends across key geographies).

“India business performance was on expected lines and we expect growth to gather momentum as Goods & Service Tax (GST)-led disruption settles down in coming months. Africa operations were steady and should benefit from scale up of wet hair care products going forward. However, visibility on Indonesia operations (marred by step up in promotional competitive intensity in Household Insecticides) remains limited, posing downside risk to earnings,” analyst at JP Morgan said in result update.

GCPL is hopeful of growth returning to normative levels by end Q2 (July-September). The company noted that most retailers are getting back to normative operations.

Nearly 2/3rd of their wholesale channel is back to normal and remaining is expected to be back on track over next few months. GCPL has passed on the benefits of lower rate on soaps in the form of effective price reductions and this could trigger volume growth in the category. End consumer demand has been fairly stable during the GST transition period, added report.