Dabur Q3 net profit up 12% at Rs 173 cr

FMCG major Dabur India today reported 11.90% jump in net profit to Rs 172.82 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 154.44 crore in the same period last year, Dabur India said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The total income during the third quarter also soared by 34.61% to Rs 1,463.08 crore from Rs 1,086.88 crore in the year-ago period, it added.

During the quarter, the company had paid an interim dividend of Re 0.55 per equity share against a face value of Re 1 a share. This resulted in a total outgo of Rs 111.35 crore, the filing said.

 

Reacting to the results, shares of the company were trading 1.62% up at Rs 94.35 apiece on the Bombay Stock Exchange in afternoon trade.