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FMCG major Godrej Consumer Products Ltd on Tuesday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 411.9 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2025, helped by a volume growth in the domestic market. It had incurred a loss of Rs 1,893.21 crore in the January-March period a year ago, due to impairment of loss towards its Africa (including Strength Of Nature) business, according to a regulatory filing from Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL). Total revenue from operations was at Rs 3,597.95 crore during the quarter under review. It was Rs 3,385.61 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal. In "Q4 FY 2025 consolidated organic sales grew by 7 per cent in INR terms year-on-year on the back of underlying volume growth of 6 per cent," said GCPL in its earning statement. Total expenses in the quarter were at Rs 3,000.84 crore. GCPL Managing Director and CEO Sudhir Sitapati said:" We delivered a sequentially improving performance in Q4 FY 2025, despite market conditions remaining the same.
Impacted by an increase in soap prices and unseasonal rainfall slowing down sales of the home insecticides (HI) segment, Godrej Consumer Products expects a "flattish" underlying volume growth and a mid-single-digit sales growth in the domestic market in the December quarter. Both segments jointly contribute to two-thirds of GCPL's standalone revenue -- mainly income from operations from the domestic market. However, the rest of the portfolio is demonstrating good performance and is expected to deliver double-digit underlying volume growth, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) said in an update on business conditions and quarterly performance to the exchanges. "The demand conditions in India have been subdued for the past few months which is evident in the FMCG market growth," it said. A surge in palm oil and derivatives prices to the extent of a year-on-year increase of 20-30 per cent has impacted the soaps category, representing one-third of GCPL's standalone business revenue. "To