The overall market trend has been negative with over 60% of the Nifty Mid- and Small-Cap stocks now trading below the long-term moving averages; however, these 5 stocks continue to buck the trend.
The upcoming Union Budget is the near-term catalyst, where central government actions to revive consumption cycle would be key.
Hit by inflation, higher input costs and pricing measures, fast-moving consumer goods companies are expected to see a contraction in their gross margin and a modest-to-flat operating profit in the October-December quarter. Several FMCG makers are likely to log a low single-digit rise in their revenue, returning to the cycle of value-driven growth. One of the reasons could be that a number of companies have opted for a price hike in the December quarter due to rising costs of input items such as copra, vegetable oil, and palm oil. The price hikes came at a time when the urban market was dragged down by lowered consumption due to high food inflation. However, the rural market, which is slightly above one-third of the total FMCG market, stayed ahead of it. Some of the listed FMCG companies, such as Dabur and Marico, shared their updates for the third quarter of FY25, and analysts expect either flat or low single-digit volume growth. Home-grown firm Dabur expects a "low single-digit .
However, sales in large cities are under pressure as consumers cut back on spending due to high costs of living
Nuvama Research is bullish on the company and expects growth to improve to double digits in H2FY25 as compared to 8 per cent growth in Q2
As FMCG shares led by Godrej Consumer fell up to 11% on Monday post the volume growth concern; the Nifty FMCG index slipped below its 20-DMA after a two-week struggle; chart hints at further 4.5% dip.
FMCG major Marico is looking for double-digit growth in the second half of FY25 and expects the prevailing high food inflation to moderate in the next two quarters, which will help revive urban consumption, its MD & CEO Saugata Gupta said. The company, which has already gone for a price hike for its Saffola range, expects a similar action from other FMCG players as prices of raw materials such as coffee, cocoa, and palm oil have gone up. "In the sector, there will be some price increases. If you look at some other input costs for other players, there has been a globally significant increase in the prices of coffee, and cocoa, So there is a little bit of inflation situation and now you are seeing a significant increase in palm oil prices. "So across the sector, there will be some price increase," Gupta told PTI. However, he also pointed out that most of the big-scale FMCG manufacturers would try to absorb a portion of the increase in the commodity prices through various cost ...
Parachute coconut oil posted 10 per cent Y-o-Y growth in value with 4 per cent Y-o-Y growth in volume
The Marico share price rallied after the company posted stronger-than-expected Q2FY25 results, which beat street estimates
Homegrown FMCG major Marico Ltd on Tuesday reported an increase of 20.27 per cent in consolidated net profit to Rs 433 crore for the September quarter. It had posted a net profit of Rs 360 crore in the July-September quarter a year ago, Marico said in a regulatory filing. Its consolidated revenue from operations was up 7.6 per cent to Rs 2,664 crore during the quarter under review. It was at Rs 2,476 crore a year ago. Total expenses of Marico, which owns popular brands like Saffola, Parachute, Livon, etc, increased 7.65 per cent in the September quarter to Rs 2,194 crore. Marico's total income, which includes other income, was up 9.22 per cent to Rs 2,746 crore. Domestic revenue of the Harsh Mariwala-led company was up 8.02 per cent to Rs 1,979 crore. Similarly, its revenue from the international market was up 6.36 per cent to Rs 685 crore. There is a "sequential uptick in growth in the domestic business" and the "international business continues robust show", said Marico in it
Marico said consolidated revenue growth remained in high single digits, as higher realisations in the domestic business was offset by incremental currency headwinds in some overseas markets.
FMCG firm Marico Ltd on Wednesday said its consolidated revenue growth in the July-September quarter remained in high single-digits, as higher realisations in the domestic business was offset by incremental currency headwinds in some overseas markets during the second quarter of the ongoing fiscal. In its update for the second quarter filed on bourses, Marico said the sector witnessed stable demand trends with rural outperforming urban on a year-on-year basis for the third quarter in a row. "Consolidated revenue growth remained in high single-digits, as higher realisations in the domestic business was offset by incremental currency headwinds in some overseas markets. We expect consolidated revenue growth to move into double-digits in the second half of the year," the company said. Marico said it expects to "deliver double-digit revenue growth in this year". "In view of the higher-than anticipated degree of inflation in copra prices, sharp import duty hike in vegetable oils and ...
Marico has showcased a strong resurgence from the pivotal support of the previous breakout on the daily time frame chart and has soared to record-high levels.
Marico's Q1FY25 consolidated revenue grew 6.7 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 2,640 crore, while operating profit rose 9.1 per cent Y-o-Y to Rs 630 crore
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The 'Parachute' hair oil maker gets 44 per cent of its international revenues from the country, where it has a distribution network of more than 770,000 outlets
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Despite of today's decline, in the past six months, Marico has outperformed the market by surging 25%, againsts 10% rise in BSE Sensex and 14% rally in BSE FMCG index.