FMCG major Godrej Consumer Products has today said that its profit after tax (PAT) declined nearly 7 per cent at Rs 40 crore over the corresponding period a year ago. The third quarter ended on December 31.
As the Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange, the firm had a consolidated profit after tax of Rs. 43 crore in the third quarter last fiscal.
Consolidated total income of the fast moving consumer goods manufacturer rose to Rs 343.63 crore in the quarter from Rs 274.22 crore in the same quarter a year ago.
The Company registered a profit after tax of Rs 38.92 crore in the December quarter, a six per cent decline over the same period a year ago, if adjudged as a whole. It had a profit after tax of Rs 41.47 crore in the third quarter ended December 31, 2007.
Moreover, Godrej Consumer today announced the third interim dividend of Re 1 per share for the current financial year.
Shares of Godrej Consumer Products closed at Rs 130.85, down 2.13 per cent on the BSE on Friday.
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