Dabur India Share Price: Share jumped 4%, know whether to sell, buy or stay in FMCG stock?
Business Desk- Dabur India Share Price: After the release of the company’s Q4 earnings report in early trade on Friday, the share price of Dabur India rose by about 4%. Shares of Dabur rose by 3.73% to Rs 487.60 per share on BSE.
FMCG company Dabur India reported a net profit of Rs 362 crore for the fourth quarter of FY26, registering a growth of 15.8% compared to Rs 312.7 crore in the same period last year.
The company’s revenue grew 7.4% year-on-year (YoY) in Q4FY26 to Rs 3,038 crore from ₹2,830.1 crore. Dabur’s India FMCG business registered a growth of 9.5% during the quarter.
At the operating level, EBITDA grew by 8% during the March quarter from Rs 427 crore to Rs 461.2 crore, while EBITDA margin improved to 15.6% from 15.1% year-on-year. Dabur India also declared a final dividend of Rs 5.5 per share for FY26.
What should investors do now?
Nuvama Institutional Equities has maintained its ‘Buy’ rating on the stock. Its target price has been increased from Rs 605 to Rs 620. The brokerage firm believes that Dabur India is well positioned to take advantage of the growth opportunities arising from lifestyle changes in the consumer goods sector. Margin improvement in the food and international businesses is expected to lead to overall improvement in consolidated operating margins.
Similarly, ICICI Securities believes that Dabur is entering a more favorable phase of growth implementation. India’s FMCG volume growth has reached 6%. The reform is now broad-based, spanning HPC, healthcare and beverages and not just dependent on a few specific categories.
Although inflationary pressures remain, the improved scope for growth and positive trends seen in April support a more favorable outlook than in previous quarters.
The brokerage firm has increased the rating of Dabur India to ‘Add’ from ‘Hold’ and increased its target price from Rs 450 to Rs 530 per share.
Dabur India’s share performance
Dabur India’s share price has fallen 18% in the last one month and 20% in the last three months. Over the past year, the stock has fallen 15%, and over the past three years, it is down 24%.
At 11:32 am, Dabur India shares were trading at Rs 479.65 on NSE, higher by 2.02%. The stock’s 52-week high is Rs 577.00, while its 52-week low is Rs 403.35. Today the share opened at Rs 485.00.
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