New Delhi: FMCG firm Marico Ltd on Monday reported a 50.62 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at ₹199 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2020 due to COVID-19 related disruptions.
The company had posted a net profit of ₹403 crore in January-March quarter a year ago, Marico said in a BSE filing. Its net sales dropped 7.02 per cent to ₹1,496 crore during the quarter under review as compared with ₹1,609 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous year. "The company witnessed some encouraging signs in demand in its core portfolios until early March, which sharply diminished amidst COVID-19 outbreak as economic activity progressively slowed and adherence to social distancing norms became an imperative," Marico said in a