Consumer Sector Update - Commodity Price Inflation Shot Up After Softening Temporarily: Motilal Oswal

Consumer Sector Update - Commodity Price Inflation Shot Up After Softening Temporarily: Motilal Oswal

FMCG products kept on shelves inside DMart. (Source: BloombergQuint)

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Motilal Oswal Report

The high Q3 FY21 sales base for companies under our coverage may pose a challenge from a topline perspective. Nevertheless, discretionary categories are likely to report strong growth aided by improving mobility, a good festive season, and expected pent-up wedding demand.

The management teams of a few companies are anticipating a brief slowdown in rural demand, which is likely to dent the growth prospects for the consumer companies with a sizeable rural customer base.

With commodity inflation refusing to ebb even in Q3 FY22, we expect most of the companies under our coverage to see a YoY contraction in their gross margins.

To combat the higher input costs, companies continued to take price hikes during the quarter; however, the effects will materialise with a lag.

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