Mumbai, Aug. 4 -- Raw material costs added up to Rs 1,543.98 crore (up 11.7% YoY) while operating expenses aggregated to Rs 501.24 crore (up 5.1% YoY) during the period under review.

Profit before interest, depriciation and taxes improved by 8.3% to Rs 328.37 crore in Q1 FY27 from Rs 303.15 crore in Q1 FY26.

The company has posted a pre-tax profit of Rs 312.46 crore for the June'26 quarter, which is higher 5.8% as compared with the figure of Rs 295.46 crore in the same period last year.

Pravin Chaudhari, managing director, Kansai Nerolac Paints, said: "During the quarter, demand in both Decorative and Industrial has been healthy despite the prevailing geo-political situation. Demand was further helped due to late arrival of monsoon.

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