In the December quarter, the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector grew 10.6% which has been the highest in the fiscal. A year back in FY24, during the same quarter, the sector grew 6.5% which shows a significant rise in the sector’s performance compared to last year. Even during the September quarter in FY25, the sector grew around 5.6% compared to the 3.5% growth witnessed during the June quarter. Now as the sector performed well in the quarter, let’s see how the top FMCG sector Q3 results turned out.
- Hindustan Foods: The revenue jumped 20% during the quarter to Rs.880 crore from Rs.729 crore YoY. The Gross Profit jumped around 23% from Rs.43 crore to Rs.53 crore during the tenure, while the Net Profit of the FMCG giant surged from Rs. 22 crore in Q3FY24 to Rs.29 crore this Q3FY25.
- HMA Agro: This food giant witnessed a growth in its revenue of 12% YoY however, the gross and net profit tanked during the quarter by 35% and 20% respectively.
- Britania: The FMCG giant Britania came up with its third-quarter results on 6 February 2025 and 7% growth in its revenue YoY can be seen. The net profit grew by 4% during the period as well.
- Bikaji Foods: Similar to HMA Agro, Bikaji Foods witnessed a 10% growth in revenue during FY25’s Q3 but the gross and net profit tanked miserably during the quarter. The net profit tanked by 36% in Q3FY25.
- Zydus Wellness: This FMCG sector company which is in wellness products, saw a whopping rise in its gross profit by 42% during the quarter ended on 31 December 2024 with a 14% rise in the revenue as well.
- Vishal Mega Mart: This company announced its results for the third quarter on 31 January this FMCG giant had seen a difficult quarter when the revenue tanked by 23% YoY, but it managed to limit the losses and thus its net profit only fell by 0.76% during the quarter.
- Dabur India: One of India’s favorite FMCG firm Dabur announced the third quarter earnings on 30 January and its revenue went up by 3% during the December quarter while the net profit only went up by % YoY.
- Vadilal Industries: While most of the FMCG sector either witnessed a moderate rise in the earnings in Third quarter of FY25 or muted growth, Vadilal Industries saw a whopping 433% rise in the gross profit but the net profit only rose by 33% during the quarter, and all these came from a rise of 17% in the revenue during the quarter.
- Colgate: The everyday go-to product of every Indian household, Colgate, announced its results on 28 January and the revenue though grew by 45% during the quarter, and the profit tanked by 2% YoY.
- Emami Group: One of the favourite brands in India for FMCG products, Emami witnessed a 5% rise in revenue in Q3FY25 YoY. Its revenue went up from Rs. 996% in FY24’s third quarter, to Rs.1049 in this Q3FY25. Similarly, the net and gross profit both went up by 8%.
Wrapping up
So, while the overall sector performance had been positive during the December quarter of FY25, some of the FMCG companies performed poorly as well. However, the festive demand pulled the overall market up and now it will be interesting to see how this January-March quarter turns up.
Source: BusinessStandard
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