FMCG major Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) on Wednesday reported a 5.11 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 445.20 crore in the third quarter ended December, helped by volume growth in domestic business.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 423.52 crore in October-December quarter a year ago, GCPL said in a BSE filing.
Total income during the quarter under review stood at Rs 2,801.57 crore, 1.99 per cent lower as compared with Rs 2,746.65 crore in the year-ago period.
The company's total expenses rose 1.28 per cent to Rs 2,244.16 crore as against Rs 2,215.79 crore a year ago.
Commenting on the results, GCPL Executive Chairperson Nisaba Godrej said, "We delivered a steady performance in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020. Our India business delivered a robust volume growth of 7 per cent alongside gaining market shares across major categories, amid further deterioration in staples consumption."
GCPL's India revenue rose 1.21 per cent to Rs 1,523.87 crore during October-December from Rs 1,505.64 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago.
The company's revenue from Indonesian market rose 13.32 per cent to Rs 448.22 crore as compared with Rs 395.51 crore in the year-ago period.
"In our international businesses, Indonesia continued its strong performance with high single digit profitable sales growth driven by a consistent performance across categories and several go-to-market initiatives," Godrej said.
Africa (including Strength of Nature) sales were marginally lower at Rs 678.70 crore as against Rs 682.30 crore a year ago.
"In GAUM (Godrej Africa, USA, Middle East), we saw a sales recovery with higher than mid-single digit constant currency sales growth. The performance was driven by an improved performance in our South and West Africa cluster," she said.
"We continue to drive the scale up of the wet hair care business and the relaunch of the Darling brand in the dry hair category, along with expansion in distribution across GAUM," Godrej added.
Revenue from other markets was 3.23 per cent lower at Rs 161.12 crore as against Rs 166.50 crore in October-December a year ago.
The company also informed that its board has declared an interim dividend of Rs 2 per share for financial year 2019-20.
Shares of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd on Wednesday closed 0.87 per cent higher at Rs 742.10 on the BSE.
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