:::LALKAR GROUP::::

Home Care business has had a broad-based and strong growth trajectory with overall Home Care business likely to deliver double-digit value growth and UVG. Personal Care business is expected to grow value in low-single digit impacted by soaps.

The company said that its standalone business is likely to deliver high-single digit value growth on the back of mid-single digit UVG. Volume growth has been strongly competitive and is sequentially improving. Standalone business excluding soaps (which is seeing a price-volume rebalancing driven by commodity volatility) is expected to deliver a very strong performance this quarter with double-digit UVG.

Indonesia business faced a significant increase in competitive pricing action across all major categories. The company said that this will likely result in flattish UVG.

GAUM (Godrej Africa, USA, and Middle East) business is likely to deliver strong double-digit value growth and UVG for the second consecutive quarter. Profit growth continues to be healthy.

As guided during the company's Investor Meet (May 2025), it expects performance to improve sequentially in FY26. It believes for FY26, on track to deliver mid-high-single digit UVG for standalone business, high-single digit consolidated INR revenue growth and double-digit consolidated EBITDA growth for the full year. The standalone EBITDA margin in Q1FY26 is likely to be below its normative range but is expected to improve. While palm oil prices have started moderating towards the end of June, benefits of this moderation will only be realized in H2FY26.

Godrej Consumer Products is an Indian consumer goods company. The company's products include soap, hair colorants, toiletries and liquid detergents.

The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 411.90 crore in Q4 FY25 compared with net loss of Rs 1,893.21 crore in Q4 FY24. Net sales increased 6.3% YoY to Rs 3,577.81 crore in Q4 FY25.