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Revenue
₹3,998 Cr
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Revenue YoY
9%
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EBITDA
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Godrej Consumer Products delivered a strong Q3 FY26 with consolidated revenue growth of 9% and EBITDA expansion of 16%, driven by 7% underlying volume growth. India standalone saw 9% volume growth with EBITDA margins at 24.8%, supported by cost savings, media efficiencies, and favorable input costs. Home care grew 12%, personal care recovered 7%, and GAUM posted 19% sales growth. Indonesia remained soft but showed early stabilization. Management expects India volume growth to gradually inch toward high single digits, with margins sustaining in the 24-26% range. Key growth drivers include hair care, laundry liquid, incense sticks, and EDPs. Risks include potential oil price volatility and slower-than-expected recovery in Indonesia.
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Guidance to track
- Management expects sequential gains in India volume growth driven by compounding effect of fast-growing categories like hair care, laundry liquid, and incense sticks.
- Management expects India EBITDA margins to remain within the 24-26% range on an annual basis, with quarterly fluctuations.
- Management reiterated guidance for GAUM to achieve double-digit revenue and profit growth for the full year.
- Management expects Indonesia business to recover meaningfully from FY27 as market conditions normalize.
Risks flagged
- Management noted that a sharp increase in oil prices (>15%) could temporarily compress margins, as they would not cut advertising to compensate.
- Despite early signs of stabilization, Indonesia faces persistent pricing pressures and currency headwinds; recovery is only expected from FY27.
- Management admitted results in Tamil Nadu have been mixed, with market share lower than hoped, and the exact product mix not yet right.
- Management noted soap volumes were slightly disappointing in Q3, with recovery taking longer due to cold weather and GST transition effects.
Key quotes
- I think the few quarters that we had of margin challenges are probably behind us.
- Our objective continues to remain something I had said four years ago, and we've not fully achieved it, which is to get to 10% volume growth.
- I think the peak of competitive intensity is indeed behind us.
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