Godrej Consumer Q2 profit after tax up 19%

MUMBAI: Godrej Consumer Products Ltd’s July-September net profit rose 29 per cent to Rs 33.69 crore compared with Rs 26.14 crore in the same quarter of the previous year. Net sales for the period increased 15 per cent to Rs 210.26 crore from Rs 182.50 crore.

Godrej group’s net profit for the September quarter was up by 20 per cent to Rs 37.06 crore against Rs 31crore for the same period of the earlier year. Net sales was up 19 per cent to Rs 274.02 crore from Rs 231.83 crore for the quarter ended September 2006.

The company has declared a second interim dividend of 75 per cent for 2007-08 (Apr-Mar). At 12:16 pm, Godrej shares were down 0.13 per cent at Rs 119 on NSE