CCL Products (I) Ltd.Net profit ₹130 Cr +29%, EBITDA +9.5%

CCL Products reported Q2 FY27 turnover of ₹1,215.99 crore, up 7.8% year-on-year on double-digit volume growth, with value growth held back by lower green coffee prices.

EBITDA was ₹217.3 crore, up 9.5%, profit before tax was ₹150.86 crore, up 18.7%, and net profit was ₹130 crore, up almost 29%. For the first half, turnover rose 11.6% to ₹2,419.58 crore, EBITDA rose almost 15% to ₹414 crore and net profit rose 42% to ₹246.96 crore. The domestic branded business is growing 25% on volume, with brand sales of about ₹140 crore in the quarter. Gross debt was ₹1,192 crore and net debt about ₹742 crore.

Management kept its FY27 guidance of about 15% volume growth and a similar rise in EBITDA, with EBITDA per kg of ₹135 to ₹140, and said it will decide on adding about 6,000 tons of freeze-dried capacity, or a strategic tie-up, by the end of Q4 or the start of Q1 of next year.