India's Varun Beverages drops on missing Q4 profit estimates
** Shares of Varun Beverages VARB.NS fall as much as 3.8% to
532.7 rupees after reporting Q4 profit; last down 2.9%
** Pepsi India bottler reports profit below analysts'
estimates as higher raw material costs offset growth in volumes
** Trading vols at 1.9x the 30-day avg of 4.76 million
shares
** VARB rated "buy" on avg, median PT is 710 rupees - LSEG
data
** Stock down about 16% so far this year
(Reporting by Manvi Pant in Bengaluru)
((Manvi.Pant@thomsonreuters.com; +918447554364;))
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