The company states that personal care continues to go through a price-volume rebalancing on account of rising input costs
Driven by a mid-teens underlying volume growth (UVG) in home care and a mid-single digit decline in personal care, Godrej Consumer Products is expecting its standalone UVG to be in the mid-single digits during the fourth quarter of the financial year 2025 (Q4FY25). The company is expecting the revenue growth to be high single digits.
Sharing the quarterly update through an exchange filing, the company stated that personal care continues to go through a price-volume rebalancing on account of rising input costs. Despite high inflation in palm and related derivates, the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) margins are likely to be in a similar range as Q3FY25.
“Management focus for Q4 remained on reviving the Underlying Volume Growth (UVG) growth trajectory in Standalone, hold EBITDA margins in Standalone despite significant cost pressure, and maintain the trajectory in International business performance. We remain largely on track to achieve across all the stated objectives,” the company stated in an official update.
As far as the international business is concerned, the company highlighted that it continued to do well on their strategic objectives. Indonesia business is expected to deliver mid-single digit UVG and low-single digit revenue growth.
The Godrej Africa, United States of America and Middle East (GAUM) organic business is likely to deliver strong double-digit organic UVG and revenue growth. The company stated that it continues to do well on the profitability front. At a Consolidated (organic) level, it expects high-single-digit Rs sales growth with mid-single-digit UVG.
