Zydus Wellness Q3 net profit up 66% at Rs 44 crore

Net sales up 17% at Rs 113.5 crore

Consumer products firm Zydus Wellness today posted a 65.93 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit at Rs 44.42 crore for the third quarter ended December 31.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 26.77 crore during the same period of the previous fiscal.

Net sales of the company were up 16.86 per cent at Rs 113.53 crore for the third quarter, compared to Rs 97.15 crore during the same period of the last fiscal, Zydus Wellness Ltd said in a filing to the BSE.

The company manufactures products like Sugar Free, Nutralite and EverYuth.

Zydus Wellness shares were trading at 851.40 apiece on the BSE, up 6.28 per cent from its previous close on the BSE.