FMCG company Godrej Consumer Products has posted a 40.34% rise in net profit, at Rs 167 crore, for the quarter ended December 31, 2011. Profit for the corresponding period the previous year stood at Rs 119 crore.
According to television reports, the company's sales for the quarter under review stood at Rs 1,344 crore, up 35.89% over the year-ago quarter (Rs 989 crore).
Godrej Consumer has declared an interim dividend of Re 1 per share.
The company's shares closed at Rs 401.70, up 0.71% on the Bombay Stock Exchange on Friday.
