Fevicol-maker Pidilite Industries net profit rises 21% to Rs 571 crore in Q1 FY25

Pidilite Industries Limited, India’s leading manufacturer of adhesives, sealants and construction chemicals today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024. It reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 571 crore for the June quarter, registering a growth of 21 percent from Rs 474 crore a year ago. The company's net sales stood at Rs 3,384 crore, up 4 percent from Rs 3,275 crore in the year-ago quarter, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Commenting on the results, Bharat Puri, Managing Director, Pidilite Industries Ltd, said: “Despite challenging economic conditions because of election related impact as well as severe heat wave conditions in most parts of the country, we delivered robust UVG as well as healthy profitability in this quarter."

"Given a healthy monsoon and the ensuing festival season, we remain optimistic on market demand and our ability to deliver robust growths. We will continue to invest in growth facing initiatives as well as building a resilient supply chain,” he added.

For the quarter, UVG was 9.6% with B2B businesses reporting UVG of 18% driven by both Domestic and Export segments. C&B businesses UVG was 8%. The growth in Emerging India continued to be higher than in Urban Markets. Value growth lagged UVG due to pricing actions taken as a result of softer input prices.

Gross Margins continued to expand year on year mainly on account of moderation in input prices and improved by 465 bps (100 bps = 1%) over Q1 FY24. EBITDA Margins at 24.6% improved by 187 bps over Q1 FY24.

"We continued to invest in our brands, upgrading and building new manufacturing facilities and expanding our distribution network," the company said in a statement.

Consolidated Performance • Net sales at Rs 3,384 Cr and grew by 4% over the same quarter last year. On a like to like basis (excluding Pidilite USA and Pulvitec Brazil in previous year) Net Sales grew by 6%. • EBITDA before non-operating income at Rs 813 Cr grew by 15% over the same quarter last year. • Profit before Tax and Exceptional Items (PBT) at Rs 770 Cr grew by 19% over the same quarter last year. • Profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 571 Cr grew by 21% over the same quarter last year.

Standalone Performance • Net sales at Rs 3,134 Cr grew by 6% over the same quarter last year. • EBITDA before non-operating income at Rs 771 Cr grew by 15% over the same quarter last year. • Profit before Tax and Exceptional Items (PBT) at Rs 742 Cr grew by 18% over the same quarter last year. • Profit after Tax (PAT) at Rs 552 Cr grew by 18% over the same quarter last year