ICICI Securities: United Spirits’ Faster-Than-Expected Recovery Shows Resilience Of Off-Trade Channel

Revamp of United Spirits’ core brands and reopening of on-trade channels can speed up topline recovery and drive growth.

Bottles of Royal Challenge whiskey produced by United Spirits Ltd. sit on display at a roadside liquor store in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. (Photographer: Udit Kulshrestha/Bloomberg)  

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United Spirits Ltd.’s Q2 underlying revenue and volume decline of just 3% is significantly better than consensus expectations.

Flat volumes in Prestige and Above segment despite ontrade channel being largely closed (high salience) is a significant outperformance.

Renovation of core brands—McDowell’s No.1 and Royal Challenge Whisky—and reopening of on-trade channels could potentially accelerate top-line recovery and drive growth.

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