Godrej Consumer Products’ Q4 margins hit by rise in palm oil prices

With an impression on city consumption, the Quick-Transferring Consumer Items (FMCG) maker Godrej Consumer Merchandise Ltd posted a .₹411 crore revenue with a 6.26 per cent enhance in income for the quarter that ended in Q4.

The corporate noticed an underlying quantity progress of 6 per cent, gross sales grew by 7 per cent, whereas the consolidated EBITDA margin grew by 1 per cent year-on-year. A surge in palm oil prices impacted the consolidated EBITDA margin of the corporate. In the course of the quarter, the palm oil prices surged by greater than 50 per cent.

GPCL had registered a lack of ₹1,893 crore for the quarter that ended on March 31, 2024. The corporate said that for the yr ended on March 31, 2024, distinctive gadgets in the consolidated monetary outcomes embody impairment lack of 1,390.8 crore in direction of Model and Goodwill for Africa (together with Power Of Nature) and 927.2 crore regarding the loss on sale of subsidiaries and enterprise in East Africa pursuant to adjustments in enterprise mannequin and long-term technique for Africa (together with Power Of Nature), and three 71.0 crore on account of different group restructuring prices, together with staff’ severance pay and stock associated prices and many others necessitated by the restructuring.

Godrej Consumer Merchandise declared an interim dividend of ₹5/- per share (500 per cent on fairness shares of face worth of Re. 1/- every) for the monetary yr 2025-26.

The corporate’s whole income from operations in the March quarter was at ₹3,385 crore.

“The demand situations in India have continued to be impacted by headwinds in city consumption. Our consolidated natural volumes for Q4FY25 grew by 6 per cent, led by the India enterprise rising volumes at 4 per cent and Indonesia rising volumes at 5 per cent. Our consolidated natural income progress for Q4 and FY 2025 stood at 7 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively,” mentioned Sudhir Sitapati, Managing Director and CEO of GCPL.

Within the home market, dwelling care and private care grew by 14 per cent and 4 per cent respectively. In worldwide enterprise, volumes grew by 5 per cent whereas gross sales grew by 1 per cent in fixed forex phrases. Africa, US and the Center East gross sales grew by 23 per cent.

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