Britannia: Corrections may be good entry points for long-term investors

Focus on high-margin products and rural markets boosted performance; the stock could re-rate further

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Britannia Industries | Investments in India

Shreepad S Aute  |  Mumbai 

While the food category is in a sweet spot amidst Covid-19-led disruption, Britannia Industries’ June 2020 quarter (Q1) numbers, reported on Friday, beat the already high Street expectations.

The seller of popular consumer branded biscuits such as Good Day, 50-50, etc, in fact delivered results that were ahead of expectations on all fronts and thus, have raised the bar for peers like Nestle. Besides brand loyalty, Britannia’s strategy to push high-margin products at a time when product availability was more crucial in the current Covid-19-led environment as many ...

First Published: Fri, July 17 2020. 19:44 IST