Godrej Consumer Products surges on plan to tap rural markets for household insecticides

25 Aug 2015 Evaluate

Godrej Consumer Products is currently trading at Rs. 1263.00, up by 38.10 points or 3.11% from its previous closing of Rs. 1224.90 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 1248.65 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1300.00 and Rs. 1248.65 respectively. So far 5363 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1456.65 on 03-Aug-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 830.00 on 16-Dec-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 1348.00 and Rs. 1203.30 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 43302.17 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 63.29% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 30.67% and 6.04% respectively.

In a bid to grow its household insecticides business, Godrej Consumer Products is tapping rural markets and expecting up to 35 per cent of sales to come from there in the next two years.

In the first half of the year, the company clocked 14 per cent growth. The mosquito repellent brand Good Knight crossed Rs 1,500 crore sales last fiscal and the company is also looking to boost sales of other products like Hit too.

Godrej Consumer Products is a leader among India's Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies, with leading Household and Personal Care Products. Its brands include Good Knight, Cinthol, Godrej No. 1, Expert, Hit, Jet, Fairglow, Ezee, Protekt and Snuggy, among others, which are household names across the country.

 

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