FMCG Stocks

Nifty FMCG index dropped 2.4 per cent today as commodity prices rise amid Iran war. Nomura warned that higher input costs could hurt margins of HUL, GCPL and Colgate Palmolive in Q1FY27

AWL Agri has cracked 80% from its peak, and registered 16 new life-time lows this year, after the stock dipped below its listing day low on Jan 9. The previous record low was ₹227, hit on Feb 8, 2022.

Defensive sectors like IT and FMCG see market-cap share slip to 18 per cent as cyclical sectors like industrials and financials lead profit expansion

With input cost easing and margin pressure subsiding, the management expects progressive improvement in operating profit growth rates over the coming quarters.

Om Mehra, tech analyst at SAMCO Securities explains that Britannia is trading in a well-defined rectangular range, or more precisely, a Darvas Box repeatedly finding support near the lower boundary.

G Chokkalingam of Equinomics Research believes that a pullback in ITC was overdue, as the sell-off was way beyond his expectations. The analyst sees fair value for ITC in the range of ₹375 - ₹380 leve

Varun Beverages slips into red, stock down 6% from day's high post Q4 earnings numbers

Marico reported consolidated revenue growth of about 27 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in Q3FY26, broadly in line with expectations.

Technical charts show that ITC, Godfrey Phillips, Jubilant FoodWorks, AWL Agri Business and United Breweries are trading in oversold zones based on the 14-day RSI parameter.

A sharp decline in stock price of ITC has seen ₹75,675 crore market capitalisation erosion of the company in the past four trading days.

In the latest note on the consumer goods sector, Emkay analysts Nitin Gupta and Mohit Dodeja estimated revenue growth of around 6% Y-o-Y & Ebitda growth of about 7% for listed FMCG players in Q3.

DMart shares fell over 2 per cent after analysts cut earnings estimates, along with the stock target price, after it reported its third quarter update

Nomura expects Marico's consolidated revenue to rise in the high twenties Y-o-Y in Q3FY26, estimating growth of around 27%, despite a broadly stable demand environment for the FMCG sector.

Cupid said the second-half of FY26 is expected to be stronger than H1, driven by strong order visibility and improving execution.

Varun Beverages shares gain after acquiring South Africa's Twizza. Analysts see market share gains, and attractive valuation providing upside potential for VBL stock

Emkay Research points out that GST cuts have boosted consumer sentiment, and growth benefits are likely to be visible going ahead

According to Shrikant Chouhan of Kotak Securities, Prestige remains well placed to benefit from sectoral tailwinds, and ITC continues to position itself as a future-ready Indian conglomerate

Nomura sees GCPL, Tata Consumer, Marico, and Britannia as the key near-term winners of the commodity downcycle.

Domestic brokerage Nuvama Institutional Equities expects the FMCG major Emami to witness a double-digit revenue growth in H2FY26

The consumer sector, according to a Motilal Oswal note, reported the third quarter of mid-single-digit earnings growth of 5 per cent year-on-year in Q2-FY26