Pharmaceuticals company Procter & Gamble Health announced Q3FY24 results:
Financial Highlights:
- Procter & Gamble Health Limited reported a decrease in sales and profit after tax for the Q3FY24. The total sales for the quarter were Rs 248 crore compared to Rs 316 crore a year ago, marking a downturn. Correspondingly, the Profit After Tax (PAT) also declined by 21% to Rs 46 crore.
- For the nine-month period ending March 31, 2024, P&G Health's sales were recorded at Rs 852 crore, which exhibited a slight reduction from the previous year's sales of Rs 913 crore.
- The PAT for the nine-month period stood at 184 crore, experiencing a decrease from the Rs 200 crore reported in the prior year.
Milind Thatte, Managing Director, P&G Health India, said, “The Company’s continued efforts to strengthen our reach and distribution with a transformed go-to-market model reflected in a one-time impact on the quarter’s sales owing to the transition and optimization of trade management and inventory. However, we have seen sales recover in the months of March and April.
We continue to drive operational efficiency and explore innovative solutions to accelerate category growth and demand for our portfolio of trusted, quality healthcare brands. The quarter also witnessed prescription growth and share gain for our doctor detailed products indicating a robust demand, and increased efforts to improve awareness of our self-select products.
We remain confident in our integrated growth strategy of a focused product portfolio where performance drives brand choice, superiority, productivity, constructive disruption, and an agile and accountable organization structure to help drive growth and value creation,”he added.