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Revenue
₹4,432 Cr
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Revenue YoY
9%
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EBITDA
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Britannia reported Q4 FY25 revenue of INR 4,376 crore, up 9% YoY, driven by pricing actions and volume recovery. PAT grew 4% YoY to 12.8% of revenue. EBITDA margin stood at 16.6%, supported by aggressive cost savings of ~2.5% of revenue. Management cited clear signs of demand recovery, with rural and urban trends improving. Key growth drivers included e-commerce (growing 7.5x other channels), adjacencies like croissant and wafers, and premium innovations. Input cost inflation (wheat +12% YoY, palm oil +54% YoY) necessitated price increases, but management expects no further hikes if commodity trends hold. Risks include sustained inflation and competitive intensity from unorganized players. Guidance remains cautious but optimistic for double-digit growth in FY26.
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Guidance to track
- Management hopes to return to double-digit revenue growth over time, with Q4 FY25 at 9%.
- Management does not foresee additional price hikes unless commodity trends worsen, with remnants of current hikes flowing into Q1.
- CFO stated cost savings target for FY26 is over 2.5% of top line.
- CEO Varun Berry indicated succession planning will be clear within the next three to four months.
Risks flagged
- Wheat, palm oil, and cocoa prices remain elevated; wheat inflation expected to persist due to higher MSP.
- Analyst raised concern about D2C brands like Tata Soulful; management acknowledged need to monitor but downplayed current impact.
- Despite years of strategy, biscuit-to-adjacency mix remains at 75:25, unchanged from prior years, raising questions about execution.
- Price increases of ~5.5% in Q4 may pressure volume growth; management expects healthy volume but delta remains.
Key quotes
- We are hoping that these are clear signs of recovery of the slowdown that we've seen in the subsidiary industry.
- We are comfortable in the zone that we are today, and we would like to stay within that zone and try and make sure that our profit growths are higher than our revenue growth as we go forward.
- The succession planning is in play, and it will definitely be clear to you in the next three or four months.
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