India's Kansai Nerolac misses profit view as monsoon dampens paint demand

Kansai Nerolac Paints

03/11/2025 15:25

Nov 3 (Reuters) - India's Kansai Nerolac Paints KANE.NS reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday, as intense competition in the sector and an extended monsoon season hit demand.

The company, owned by Japan's Kansai Paint Co 4613.T, reported a nearly 10% year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit to 1.35 billion rupees ($15.4 million), for the quarter ended September 30.

Analysts, on an average, had expected a profit of 1.54 billion rupees, data compiled by LSEG showed.

Revenues were little changed on-year at 19.54 billion rupees. "Overall demand in decorative (paints) was affected due to heavy and extended monsoons," said Managing Director Pravin Chaudhari.

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KEY CONTEXT

India's domestic paints industry has grappled with faltering retail demand, with buyers switching towards cheaper labels amid intensified competition from the entry of new players such as Grasim Industries' GRAS.NS Birla Opus last year.

The July-September quarter is usually seasonally weak for paintmakers, and extended monsoons further hit demand, as damp weather prompted clients to defer painting projects.

Kansai Nerolac's results come ahead of quarterly reports from bigger rivals Asian Paints ASPN.NS and Berger Paints BRGR.NS.

PEER COMPARISON

Valuation (next 12 months)
Estimates (next 12 months)
Analysts' sentiment
RIC
PE
EV/EBITDA
Revenue growth (%)
Profit growth (%)
Mean rating*
No. of analysts
Stock to price target**
Div yield (%)
Kansai Nerolac Paints
KANE.NS
26.86
16.79
6.72
20.25
Hold
11
0.90
1.00
Asian Paints
ASPN.NS
53.44
35.53
6.51
9.47
Hold
34
1.05
0.98
Berger Paints India
BRGR.NS
46.71
29.58
8.37
10.92
Hold
22
0.95
0.70
Akzo Nobel India
AKZO.NS
31.13
20.19
6.25
8.18
Buy
2
0.85
3.06

* The mean of analyst ratings standardised to a scale of Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, and Strong Sell

** The ratio of the stock's last close to analysts' mean price target; a ratio above 1 means the stock is trading above the PT

JULY-SEPTEMBER STOCK PERFORMANCE

-- All data from LSEG

-- $1 = 87.8950 Indian rupees

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 (Reporting by Manvi Pant and Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)

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