Stock market today: PVR Inox, Varun Beverages, Godrej Consumer hit 52-week low; here’s why

NIFTY50, SENSEX traded lower in the mid-afternoon session today. At 1:00 pm, the benchmark NIFTY 50 was trading at 22,926, down 21 points, or 0.09%. The BSE SENSEX, meanwhile, was trading 32 points, or 0.05%, lower at 75,937.

As many as 325 stocks hit their lowest level in 52 week. The volatility index, or India VIX, slipped 1.2% to 15.48. All the sectoral indices were trading in the green, except the NIFTY IT and NIFTY Pharma indices, down around 1.34% and 0.62% each. The NIFTY Realty was the top gainer, as it advanced 1.85%.

Godrej Consumer (52-week low: ₹997.2)

The stock has been under pressure after the company reported poor December 2024 quarter earnings in the last week of January 2025. For Q3FY25, Godrej Consumer Products posted a consolidated net profit of ₹498.31 crore, marking a 14% drop compared to the year-ago period. This was despite an increase in total revenue from operations to ₹3,768.43 crore in Q3FY25 from ₹3,659.64 crore in Q3FY24. The company mentioned in its earnings report that demand conditions in India witnessed temporary headwinds over the past few months, led by a slowdown in urban consumption.

PVR Inox (52-week low: ₹977)

The stock was in focus as concerns emerged over the company’s unfair trade practice that led to a delay in the screening of a film. A consumer court in Bengaluru has directed PVR Inox to pay ₹1 lakh as punitive damages to a Bengaluru-based complainant and mention the actual time when the movie will be screened. The 30-year-old man had sued PVR Cinemas, INOX and BookMyShow for “wasting” 25 minutes running lengthy commercials before the movie screening and causing “mental agony”.

Notably, PVR Inox reported 180% year-on-year profit growth to ₹35.9 crore in Q3FY25, with revenue rising 11.1% YoY to ₹1,717.3 crore.

Varun Beverages (52-week low: ₹454.1)

Last week, Varun Beverages reported a 36% YoY increase in net profit to ₹196 crore for the December 2024 quarter (Q3FY25). Total revenue stood at ₹3,689 crore during the period, up 38% compared with the year-ago quarter. Varun Beverages had also recommended a final dividend of ₹0.5 per equity share for the year ended December 2024.

Kajaria Ceramics (52-week low: ₹862.1)

Earlier this month, Kajaria Ceramics reported a 25.4% YoY decline in its net profit to ₹77.7 crore in Q3FY25, even as revenue for the quarter saw a marginal 1% YoY growth to ₹1,163.7 crore.