Tata Consumer Products Q3 earnings: Net profit rises 38% to ₹385 crore, EBITDA advances 27%

Tata Consumer Products revenue from operations in October-December period advanced 15% to ₹5,112 crore from ₹4,444 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue was driven by underlying growth of 13% in India Business, 11 % in international business and 20% in non-branded business.

"Improvement in operating performance of branded business aided by lower tea cost inflation led margin expansion in India partly offset by coffee cost inflation in International business and higher investments behind brands," the company said in an exchange filing.

The Tata group company reported strong operational performance as its EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) also known as operating profit advanced 28% to ₹721 crore and its EBITDA margin improved 140 basis points to 14.1%.

For the quarter, India packaged beverages business revenue grew 3%. Coffee continued its strong trajectory with a revenue growth of 40% for the quarter.

The company’s RTD (ready to drink) business delivered its second consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, recording 26% revenue growth in Q3. Tetley entered the RTD tea segment with two differentiated launches - Tetley Green Tea Slimcare and Tetley Fruit Tea, the company said.

“Q3FY26 marked another quarter of strong, broad-based performance for Tata Consumer Products, led by healthy volume-led growth and sustained momentum across our core as well as growth businesses. Our India Branded business delivered double-digit underlying volume growth, with Foods and Beverages continuing on a strong trajectory driven by strong execution, portfolio expansion and premiumization,” said Sunil D’Souza, Managing Director & CEO of Tata Consumer Products.

“We are encouraged by the consistent performance in our Foods business, the accelerating momentum in Tata Sampann and Ready-to-Drink, and the steady gains in our International business, particularly in coffee. Innovation remains a key growth engine, with 15 new launches during the quarter across Health & Wellness, Convenience and Premium segments,” D’Souza added.

Following the earnings announcement, Tata Consumer Products shares rose as much as 4% to hit an intraday high of ₹1,200, outperforming the NIFTY50 index which was trading on a flat note.