Asian Paints Limited — Q3 FY26
Asian Paints reported a 7.9% volume growth in Q3 FY26, with decorative volume growth at 8.3% including industrial.
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How many states have regional offerings and is growth faster there? Also demand from new homes.
Asked by Abneesh Roy, Nuvama
Answered number of states but did not quantify growth difference vs non-regional states.
no specific growth comparison givenvague on acceleration
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First is on the regional variants. So first is, out of the, say, 26 or 28 states, how many states have regional offerings? And do you see proof of the concept? So is the growth faster in such states?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
We now almost cater to almost about 8-9 states, where we have kind of taken different kind of products. The proof of the concept comes in from the point of view of we are saying that, one, there is an acceleration in terms of what we see in terms of the growth which happened.
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Strategy on pricing and media spend, share of voice, digital vs traditional split.
Asked by Abneesh Roy, Nuvama
Acknowledged questions but gave no quantitative breakdown or specific share of voice data.
no specific share of voice numberno digital vs traditional split given
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So what will be your strategy on pricing in the near term? And on the media spend... what will be your share of voice now, given the aggression is back? And second... digital spends is now a very big portion... if you could give that breakup.
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
We are very clear that... we look at a certain overall pricing from a market perspective... not tinkering with the prices... Our digital spends have also increased... Possibly from a share of voice point of view, we are leading the game today...
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Why is industry growth muted despite your initiatives and increased media spends?
Asked by Manoj Menon, ICICI Securities
Provided specific reasons for muted growth, including cyclicity, consumption shifts, and wedding trends.
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What's been the reasons, let's say, for industry growth, you know, being so muted, right? I mean, what, what's your assessment...
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
There is a little bit cyclicity to it... consumption trends... frequency of painting has come down... occasion-led painting has also kind of really come down... wedding is a very big phenomenon... more destination weddings happening than home weddings...
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Confidence level (60-100%) of material market share gains in next 12-18 months?
Asked by Manoj Menon, ICICI Securities
Did not provide a numeric confidence level as explicitly asked.
no percentage confidence givenvague 'reasonably confident'
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When we look into next 12 months, 18 months, what's your confidence level, let's say 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, to say that, you know, you'll end the next 12 months, 18 months with material market share gains?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
I think that's the endeavor in terms of what we want to kind of take. All our strategies are geared towards the fact that today, we would like to possibly grow, to some extent, higher than the market. We are reasonably confident in terms of doing that.
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Growth momentum in decorative paints: November and December vs overall Q3?
Asked by Avi Mehta, Macquarie
Described trend directionally but did not quantify growth rates for November/December.
no specific growth percentages given
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Can you give us a sense on how the growth momentum is? In particular, what exactly was the growth in November, December, versus the overall 3Q?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
October was definitely depressed... growths came in were, you know, definitely much higher in the months of November and December. In fact, the exit growth rates were even higher than what possibly we saw in November... October was largely possibly... very little growths.
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By when do you see volume growth moving to double digit?
Asked by Avi Mehta, Macquarie
Did not answer when double-digit would return; referenced past but not future.
no specific timeline givenvague 'regime should continue'
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By when do you see volume growth possibly moving to double digit? Is this like a few months phenomenon? Is it a few quarters phenomenon?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
Progressively, we see that this is the third quarter in terms of which is seeing volume growth. In fact, last quarter we had a double digit. This year, we had high single digit to that extent. So possibly, I see that I think that regime should kind of really continue...
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Home décor profitability and whether consolidation is impacting sales growth.
Asked by Avi Mehta, Macquarie
Avoided confirming consolidation or impact on sales growth; focused on store strategy.
did not address profitability directlyno comment on consolidation or sales growth impact
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Just one bit on the home décor, if you could just give us some sense on what are we doing to drive profitability? And is it fair to say that we are now in consolidation as we focus on profitability, which should kind of impact sales growth?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
As far as décor is concerned, it's a very, very fragmented market... What we are leading the game is, one, we are looking at maximizing our sales on the Beautiful Homes stores... We are opening some of the stores every year... we spend sensibly here...
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Volume growth outlook for coming quarters and January trend.
Asked by Mihir Shah, Nomura
Gave directional but no specific volume growth number for January or Q4.
no specific January numberband not quantified
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Can one expect volumes to be better in the coming quarters? And if you can share some insights on how is Jan shaping up?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
We are seeing some of the trajectory of December into January as well... I think as we go ahead, I think this band would kind of remain in terms of what we would be able to target for the quarter four as well...
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Can margins sustain at current levels? Any case for price cut?
Asked by Mihir Shah, Nomura
Avoided confirming margin sustainability; deflected to spending priorities.
did not answer margin sustainability directlyno commitment on price cut
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Now, you are at the higher end of the margin guidance band, and with RMs being deflationary, can one expect margins to sustain at current levels... And, is there any case for a price cut, theoretically?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
At the moment, I don't think so we are looking at any price changes as we kind of go ahead... we want to kind of really look at spending very, very constructively from a point of view of brand building...
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Update on NeoBharat latex paints and share gains from unorganized players.
Asked by Mihir Shah, Nomura
Provided qualitative update but no numbers on performance or share gains.
no quantitative update on sales or market share
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If you could share an update on the latest latex paints that you had launched, focusing on the rural market, how are they doing? And any thoughts around share gains from the unorganized players?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
We had launched NeoBharat... we have seeded in terms of certain states where we would kind of continue to focus... we are seeing some uptick for us, which comes in from the point of view of those geographies, digging into some of the unorganized markets...
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What is constraining domestic growth: competition or weak industry? Will improvement be certain or hope?
Asked by Percy Panthaki, IIFL
Did not directly answer whether constraint is competition or industry; deflected to volume growth band.
did not attribute constraint to competition or industryavoided certainty vs hope
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What is really constraining the growth here? Is it the competitive environment and some loss of market share, or is it that the industry growth itself is that weak? And if it is the latter... can we expect this to sort of improve with some clarity or certainty, or the improvement is more of a hope?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
The overall coatings growth is about 4.4%, and even from a point of view of volume level, it goes to almost about 8.5%... we believe that... it should be possibly higher than the industry average... I think that band of 8%-10% from a volume... is a good growth...
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Will volume-value gap become zero or remain at 3-4%?
Asked by Percy Panthaki, IIFL
Provided a specific range (4-5%) for the gap going forward.
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The volume-value gap, which for last several years has been negative for us, any sort of chance that this will sort of become zero or something in absence of any price changes, or it will remain at this sort of 3%-4% kind of gap between volume and value?
Amit Syngle, Managing Director and CEO
The gap has come down... earlier... used to be... 6%-8%... I would kind of really say that this 4%-5% is a more realistic thing, which would remain in the market in terms of going forward.