The resultant lockdown significantly impacted the business in the month of March 2020
Dabur India continued to surge forward on its growth track through the first two months of the fourth quarter of 2019-20, with quarterly revenue from operations growing by 4.5 per cent till February-end. However, the exceptional event in the form of the COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant lockdown significantly impacted the business in the month of March 2020, due to which the revenue for the fourth quarter of 2019-20 ended with a 12.3 per cent decline.
Dabur ended Q4 of 2019-20 with a consolidated revenue from operations of Rs 1,865 crore as against Rs 2,128 crore a year ago. Consolidated net profit for the quarter stood at Rs 281 crore as against Rs 370 crore a year earlier.
For the full year 2019-20, Dabur reported a 2 per cent growth in revenue from operations at Rs 8,704 crore, up from Rs 8,533 crore a year earlier. International business for Dabur reported a 4.9 per cent growth during the 2019-20 financial year. Net profit for the full year stood at Rs 1,445 crore, up 0.2 per cent from Rs 1,442 crore a year earlier.