Godrej Consumer Products posts Q2 net profit at Rs 127.71 crore

NEW DELHI: Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) today posted consolidated net profit of Rs 127.71 crore for the second quarter ended September 30.

During the July-September quarter of last fiscal, the company's had reported net profit of Rs 131.07 crore.

GCPL said the results are not comparable on account of some acquisitions.

In a filing to the BSE, GCPL said its consolidated net sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 stood at Rs 1,186 crore. In the corresponding quarter of last fiscal, the firm's consolidated net sales were Rs 961.54 crore.

"The figures for the current quarter and the half year (April-September, 2011-12) are not comparable with those of the corresponding period of the previous year because of acquisitions and amalgamations made since then," the filing said.

GCPL announced interim dividend of Re 1 per share (100 per cent on the shares of the face value of Re 1 each) for the 2011-2012, to be paid on November 14.

The company's scrips were trading at Rs 404 per shares, down 1.45 per cent from the previous close on the BSE.