Indications are in the favor of marginal consolidation followed by steady rebound ahead for Marico
Technical Calls by Gaurav Garg, Head of Research at CapitalVia Global Research Limited- Investment Advisor
In Q3FY20, consolidated revenue from operations declined 2 per cent YoY at Rs 1,824 crore.
Net sales declined 2% to Rs 1, 824 crore versus Rs 1,861 crore
FMCG firm Marico Ltd on Thursday reported a nearly 10 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 276 crore for the quarter ended December 2019 helped by gross margin expansions. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 251 crore in the October-December quarter a year ago, Marico said in a BSE filing. However, net sales dropped by 1.98 per cent to Rs 1,824 crore during the quarter under review compared to Rs 1,861 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. "Benign input costs in the domestic and Bangladesh businesses led to gross margin expansion of 286 bps on a year- on-year basis. EBITDA margin expanded by 116 bps to 20.4 per cent," said Marico in a post earning statement. Commenting on the results, Marico MD & CEO Saugata Gupta said, The Company witnessed a muted quarter in the India business as channel partners grappled with liquidity constraints and consumption trends failed to bring any cheer." "However, relative offtake growth trends and market share
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In Q3FY20 update, Marico said the India business as a whole posted a marginal decline in volume growth, due to a decline in coconut oil, hair oils and other portfolios.
The economic growth slowdown is a "reality" but all should keep a forward-looking approach to come out of it, he told PTI
Technical Calls by Gaurav Garg, Head of Research at CapitalVia Global Research Limited- Investment Advisor
Analysts say, price cuts and benign copra prices would improve performance in March quarter, while international business too provides support
Market at this level will witness stock specific movement with trend of all periodicities continuing to be positive
Saugata Gupta of Marico to be independent director, while Vipin Sondhi, formerly of JCB, will join Hinduja Group's leadership team
Stock tanks on flat top line in the September quarter, even as benign copra prices save the day, leading to a 16 per cent rise in pre-tax profit
"The company had a soft second quarter in the face of a challenging liquidity and consumption environment in the domestic market, the management said
Analysts estimate low single-digit volume growth, the lowest since June 2017 quarter; companies will need to clock double-digit volume growth in second half to touch FY19 levels
While the company may lower its FY20 volume growth guidance amid muted offtake in September quarter, benign copra prices should push up profit margins
Marico has evolved from a two-product company into a diversified consumer goods player
Adi Godrej and ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri were in Delhi this month to meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of an outreach programme to tackle the slowdown
The company aims for a volume growth of 8-10 per cent and a topline growth of 13-15 per cent, subject to inflation, over the medium term.