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Cigarette maker Godfrey Phillips India on Monday reported an on-year decline of 44.3 per cent in consolidated net profit to Rs 198.39 crore for the June quarter of this financial year, on account of a rise in taxes. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 356.28 crore during the April-June period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing from Godfrey Phillips India, the flagship company of Modi Enterprises. "Due to the steep tax increase implemented in Q4 of FY26, the profitability has declined by 44 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year," said its Chief Executive Officer Sharad Aggarwal in the earnings statement of the company. Its revenue from operations increased two-fold to Rs 3,819.56 crore during the June quarter of FY'27. It was at Rs 1,813.26 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. This was also due to high excise duty of Rs 2,614 crore paid by the company during the quarter. Minus excise, its net revenue was at Rs 1,206 crore, down
Cigarette maker Godfrey Phillips India Ltd on Monday reported a 56 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 356.28 crore in the first quarter ended June 2025, riding on higher sales. The company, which posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 228.55 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal, said its board has approved issuance of bonus equity shares in the proportion of 2:1, Godfrey Phillips India said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated total revenue from operations in the quarter under review stood at Rs 1,813.26 crore as against Rs 1,358.81 crore in the year-ago period, it added. Total expenses in the quarter were higher at Rs 1,506.68 crore as compared to Rs 1,118.49 crore in the same period a year ago, the company said. Godfrey Phillips India said its board of directors at its meeting held on August 4, 2025 approved issuance of bonus equity shares in the proportion of 2:1 -- two new fully paid-up bonus equity shares of Rs 2 each for every one existing fully paid-up