Reckitt Benckiser booked higher revenue last year, with the Lysol disinfectant maker's sales boosted by progress in emerging markets as it continues efforts to engineer a turnaround.
The British consumer-goods giant, which also makes products like Durex condoms and Mucinex cold medicine, said Thursday that net sales rose to 14.21 billion pounds ($19 billion) in 2025 from 14.17 billion pounds the year before, helped by growth in emerging markets. The result slightly missed market expectations of 14.23 billion pounds, according to estimates compiled by the company.
On a like-for-like basis, sales grew 5% on year, Reckitt said.
Pretax profit jumped to 3.84 billion pounds from 2.10 billion pounds.
For the year ahead, Reckitt expects core like-for-like revenue to rise by 4% to 5%, which is in line with medium-term guidance.
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (Reckitt) is a United Kingdom-based global consumer goods company. The Company's operating segments comprise the Hygiene, Health, and Nutrition business. The Hygiene portfolio works to eliminate dirt, germs, pests, and odors with products such as Lysol, Finish, Air Wick, Harpic and Mortein. The Company’s Health portfolio offers various solutions that provide pain relief, protection, hygiene, and personal care to households across the world, through brands like Dettol, Durex, Gaviscon, Nurofen, Mucinex, Strepsils and Veet. The Nutrition business includes its infant and child nutrition, its adult nutrition and its range of vitamins, minerals, and supplements (VMS). Brands under Nutrition business include Enfa, Enfamil, Nutramigen, Airborne, Move Free and Neuriva. The Company’s brands also include Dettol, Lysol, Harpic, Finish, Durex, Mucinex, Enfamil and Move Free and more.
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