Godrej Consumer moves up on the buzz of tripling revenue from Indonesian business

02 Aug 2016 Evaluate

Godrej Consumer Products is currently trading at Rs. 1590.05, up by 0.40 points or 0.03% from its previous closing of Rs. 1589.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 1589.65 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 1613.30 and Rs. 1579.95 respectively. So far 9819 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1676.40 on 25-Jul-2016 and a 52 week low of Rs. 1120.00 on 27-Jan-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 1647.40 and Rs. 1580.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 54254.30 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 63.28%, while institutions and non-institutions held 30.69% and 6.03% respectively.

Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) is aiming to triple revenue from its Indonesian business in next five years. The move comes as the over $3-billion (Rs 22,000 crore) group looks to grow top line 10-fold in the next decade. The company has been very aggressive on acquisition, buying at least 10 companies in the past six years.

In 2015-16, it acquired two - Canon Chemicals in Kenya and Strength of Nature in the US, spending nearly Rs 1,200 crore. The firm also completed acquisition of the balance 40 percent stake in Chilean company Cosmetica Nacional last year.

Godrej Consumer Products is the largest home-grown home and personal care company in India.

Godrej Consumer Prod Share Price

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