Gillette India Ltd on Monday released its earnings report for the March quarter with profit at Rs 158.68 crore, posting a growth of 60.14 per cent in comparison to Rs 99.09 crore recorded during the corresponding quarter of FY24. It posted revenue from operations at Rs 767.47 crore, up 12.74 per cent as against Rs 680.74 crore reported during the same period of previous financial year. The company EBITDA stood at Rs 225.80 crore, up 39.70 per cent on-year.
Post the results, shares of Gillette went up by 7.51 per cent at 3:50 pm to a trading price of Rs 9,404.40.
For the full year too, the company recorded a balanced growth across top-line and bottomline, delivering sales of Rs 767 crore, up 13 per cent versus a year ago. With this, for the 9-months fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, the company reported sales of Rs 2235 crore, up 12 per cent versus the comparable 9-month period last year, driven by a robust portfolio, superior execution and a consistent pipeline of innovation to better serve Indian consumers.
Profit After Tax (PAT) for the fiscal was at Rs 418 crore, up 41 per cent versus the comparable period last year, driven by strong topline growth as well as deliberate productivity interventions to fuel superiority across the portfolio.
V Kumar, Managing Director, Gillette India Limited, said, “Gillette India has continued to deliver a strong performance, across top-line and bottom-line in the fiscal. The growth has been led by our Grooming category.”
The company, effective this year, changed its financial year from July 1-June 30 to April 1-March 31, with the current financial year of the company covering a period of 9 months, from July 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025. The company performance has therefore been indexed versus the comparable 9-month period in the last year (July 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024). The performance versus a 12-month past fiscal will not be comparable, it informed the exchanges.
Dividend announcement
The company board also recommended a dividend of Rs 47 per equity share (nominal value of Rs 10 each), for the financial year ended March 31,2025. “The dividend shall be paid between September 3, 2025 to September 30,2025, on approval of the Members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting,” it said in a regulatory filing.