Varun Beverages

CLSA noted that India's largest consumption categories, those with market sizes above $1.5 billion, are concentrated in beauty and personal care products

Varun Beverages share price fell 2% after Q3CY25 results despite 19% profit growth. Analysts stay positive, citing Africa expansion, Carlsberg tie-up, and steady demand outlook.

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PepsiCo bottler Varun Beverages enters the alcoholic drinks space via a Carlsberg partnership in Africa, even as extended monsoons keep India volumes flat in Q3CY25

Varun Beverages stock was trading at ₹496.5, up 9.3 per cent compared to the previous session's close of ₹454.15 on the NSE

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Even as it invests in new greenfield plants and broadens its distribution network to capture demand, Varun Beverages is maintaining profitability through operational discipline and cost efficiency

Net profit of the beverage major was up 5 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) though sales slipped 2 per cent and operating profit was flat

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Varun Beverages Ltd, PepsiCo's largest franchise bottler, on Tuesday reported a 5.04 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 1,325.4 crore for the second quarter that ended June 2025, helped by operational efficiencies and lower finance cost, though volume was impacted in peak summer season due to unseasonal rains. The company, which follows the calendar year as its financial year, had posted a net profit of Rs 1,261.8 crore in the April-June quarter a year ago, according to a regulatory filing from Varun Beverages Ltd (VBL). However, its revenue from operations declined 2.32 per cent to Rs 7,163.02 crore in the June quarter of FY26. It stood at Rs 7,333.67 crore in the corresponding quarter last fiscal. During June, VBL reported a 3 per cent drop in consolidated sales volume at 389.7 million cases in Q2 CY2025 from 401.6 million cases in Q2 CY2024, primarily due to abnormally high unseasonal rainfall throughout the quarter in India," the bottler said in its earnings

Domestic volumes declined 7 per cent for the PepsiCo bottler. Revenues also fell 2.3 per cent. However, the firm tightened its grip on costs

Varun Beverages rose 3 per cent after it reported a 5 per cent increase in its net profit during the current financial year

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Looking ahead, Varun Beverages sees immense headroom for growth in India, supported by rising per capita incomes, accelerating urbanisation, electrification, and improving cold-chain infra.

VBL is a key player in the beverage industry and one of the largest franchisees of PepsiCo in the world, barring the USA

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The organic volume growth was 15.5 per cent Y-o-Y apart from the consolidation of South Africa & DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Q4 FY25 company results today: Varun Beverage, Jindal Steel & Power, and Federal Bank will be among 51 companies to post earnings reports for the January-March quarter on April 30

During Q1CY25, Varun Beverages' net profit zoomed 33.5 per cent Year-on-Year (Y-o-Y) to ₹731.35 crore from ₹547.98 crore reported in the corresponding quarter of the previous year