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New Delhi, October 30 Dabur India Ltd posted a consolidated net profit of ₹453 crore in Q2FY26, up 6.5 per cent, against ₹425 crore in the year-ago period. The company recorded consolidated revenue of ₹3,191 crore, a 5.4 per cent growth over the previous year. It also said its board has approved the launch of Dabur Ventures, an investment platform with capital allocation of upto ₹500 crore, to acquire stake in new-age digital-first businesses. The company also declared an interim dividend of ₹2.75 per share, aggregating to a total payout of ₹487.76 crore, Speaking on the earnings call, Mohit Malhotra, CEO, Dabur India said, nearly 66 per cent of the company’s portfolio has benefited from GST rate reduction.“ We demonstrated operational agility by timely executing price reduction across the portfolio to transmit the benefits to the consumers. With this 86 per cent of our portfolio is now at 5 per cent GST. While the GST reduction is structurally positive, it led to temporary disruption in trade channel ...resulting in short term moderation in sales in our India business during September..” He added that the GST impact is estimated at about Rs 100 crore which was about 3-4 per cent of the revenue. “We remain optimistic about sequential recovery in demand supported by improving macroeconomic conditions, good monsoon, recent GST rate cuts and expectation of a strong winter season. We are investing boldly in premiumization, digital transformation, and distribution expansion, three pillars that will define the next chapter of our journey. For the balance of the year, we are looking at mid to high single digit growth backed by low to mid digit volume growth,” Malhotra added. Responding to a query on Dabur Ventures, Malhotra said that the investment platform,” will have an outlay of Rs 500 crore for the next couple years. The fund will be used to pick up minority or majority stake in digital-first brands which are future forward looking brands, so that we can get high growth and we can extend our portfolio into the new age categories of the future.So we will be focusing on growing the brands and if they are able to sustain growth then slowly we will acquire majority stake.” Published on October 30, 2025
