Abneesh Roy · Nomura Institutional Equities
directIs recovery due to inventory changes? Is 30% ad spend increase sustainable?
I think the recovery is in the market per se. It is not just Dabur recovery. Rural business across the board actually has recovered... Advertising, we had cut back last year... now inflation is kind of abated... we will be investing money back into advertising for surging demand.
Abneesh Roy · Nomura Institutional Equities
directWhy target allopathic doctors now for health portfolio? Any learnings from Himalaya?
I think one major change is advocacy, and advocacy not to but also we are doing it to Ayurvedic, but also we've started allopathic also... INR 150 crore are incremental sales, and we put around 500 people feet on street...
Abneesh Roy · Nomura Institutional Equities
directWhat is Dabur's M&A strategy for D2C? Synergies between Badshah and Homemade?
We are continuously scouting on targets for D2C also... Both Homemade and Badshah are doing well. Badshah has grown by 23%... Homemade brand is growing at around 33%-34%... We are cross-pollinating the portfolio...
Avi Mehta · Macquarie
directDoes oral care need to extend beyond naturals positioning to sustain growth?
Not really. We want to stick to our core and our core capability. As far as oral care is concerned, I think natural is our core, and we will stick to the naturals portfolio... We've launched our Dabur Bae Fresh Gel...
Avi Mehta · Macquarie
partialWould you revisit FY24 margin guidance of 19%-19.5% given Q1 performance?
We keep a guidance of the same similar band. Till the time we cover up our media investments to a tune of around 8% to 9% of the overall business should be media for us. Till the time, money will keep going into media...
Avi Mehta · Macquarie
directComment on recent news about Dabur Honey purity?
We stand by the purity of Dabur Honey. Our every single batch of Dabur Honey is dispatched from a factory, it complies with all FSSAI parameters... This study... is definitely motivated to malign the image of the market leader.
Arnab Mitra · Goldman Sachs
directWhy is India gross margin flattish despite input cost deflation?
India gross margins have also improved by 80 bps in the quarter, year-on-year. And, you know, therefore, the benefits of deflation in Healthcare and HPC businesses are flowing on into business.
Arnab Mitra · Goldman Sachs
directHow do you see full year growth for beverages given Q1 impact?
Overall, beverages will be muted through the quarter because main season was damper. I don't know how the season will pan out to be next year going forward, but I think it will be muted for the full year, beverages.
Arnab Mitra · Goldman Sachs
directAre international distribution issues fully resolved? Any restocking expected?
International business, we've done the changes in distribution last year, and therefore, that got reflected in the Q1. Next quarter should be a full-blown quarter with the distribution changes getting ironed out.
Percy Panthaki · IIFL Securities
directWhat led to hair oil segment growth of 10% vs competitor flat?
We guys have grown by around 200 basis points, ever highest market share of 17.4 we've registered in hair oils. I think our Amla portfolio... execution in the market has been absolutely great by the team...
Percy Panthaki · IIFL Securities
evasiveWill you end the year at higher end of margin guidance?
No, I never gave a guidance of 19%-20%. Yeah, higher end of the guidance, yes. Definitely. I think it'll take us another year... We should remain in the band that we talked about earlier.
Shirish Pardeshi · Centrum
directHow should we look at healthcare growth in Q2 and Q3?
Healthcare should trend at a double-digit growth. A high single to a double-digit growth is what we should see in Healthcare going forward... Healthcare should give us a high single to a low double-digit growth for the full year.