Consumer major Marico stocks rose about 2.4 percent in trade today(6th Oct.2021) after its quarterly update highlighted pick up in demand and improving consumer sentiment across categories. While the ongoing vaccination and lower covid infections not only led to healthy overall demand, improved mobility too rubbed off on growth in discretionary and out-of-home categories.
For its domestic business which accounts for three-fourths of its revenues, revenue growth came in at low twenties which was in line with analyst estimates. After an 11 percent dip in Q1FY21, Marico’s revenue growth has been trending up over the last three quarters on a lower base and gradual recovery. The company had ended the June quarter with a growth of 26 percent.
While the sharp 14 percent decline in domestic volumes had dragged down the two-year average quarterly growth to 3.5 percent in the June quarter, the company indicated that the metric is now closer to double digits.
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