Godrej Consumer Products Q1: Net profit remains flat, revenue rises 10% YoY to ₹3,662 crore; shares end in green

Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GPCL) on Thursday, August 7, reported a marginal increase in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal year (Q1 FY26) to ₹452.5 crore against ₹450.7 crore posted in the year-ago period.

The company’s revenue from operations during the reporting quarter jumped 10% year-on-year (YoY) to ₹3,662 crore as compared to ₹3,331.6 crore in Q1 FY25.

The FMCG major reported an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) of ₹694.8 crore during the June quarter, down 4% from ₹724.4 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. Margin stood at 19% in Q1 FY26 against 21.7% in Q1 FY25.

Commenting on the Q1 results, the company’s CEO and Managing Director, Sudhir Sitapati, said, “Q1FY26 has been a good quarter for GCPL. In particular, our Standalone, excluding soaps, business has had an excellent performance, delivering an underlying volume growth of around teens, led by robust, broad-based performance. Our international business has been impacted due to macro headwinds and competitive pricing pressures in Indonesia, which was compensated for by strong performance in Africa. On a consolidated basis, our Revenues grew 10% in INR terms, with 8% underlying volume growth and -3% on EBITDA.”

Total income of GPCL was at ₹3,746.38 crore for the April-June quarter, up from ₹3,408.69 crore a year ago. The company’s total expenses were at ₹3,113.14 crore during the reporting period, rising from ₹2,744.36 crore posted in the June quarter of FY25.

“We are on track in our journey to reduce wasted cost and are deploying this to drive profitable and sustainable volume growth across our portfolio through category development. We remain committed to our purpose of bringing the goodness of health and beauty to consumers in emerging markets,” Sitapati added.

GPCL’s sales in Q1 FY26 rose by 8% YoY to ₹2,307 crore. Category-wise, the Home Care segment grew by 16% YoY, and the growth of the Personal Care segment remained flat at 1%.

Interim dividend declared

GPCL also declared an interim dividend of ₹5 per share with a face value of ₹1 each for the financial year 2025-26. The record date for determining the eligible shareholders is August 13, 2025, while the dividend will be paid on September 6, 2025.

Godrej Consumer shares

Shares of Godrej Consumer Products Limited ended 1.6% up at ₹1,222 apiece on the NSE on Thursday, August 7, after opening at ₹1,197 apiece. During the session, the stock hit an intraday high of ₹1,225 per share. The company’s market capitalisation stands at ₹1,25,019.68 crore.

In the last five days, the scrip has lost 3.59%, while it has fallen by 3.66% in the last one month.

However, over the last six months, the stock has gained 10.41%, and the year-to-date gain stands at 13.2%.

The stock hit its 52-week high of ₹1,541.85 per share on September 11, 2024, while it was at its 52-week low of ₹979.50 apiece on March 4, 2025.