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URC profit jumps on sugar, snack volume surge

Published Nov 7, 2025 03:58 pm
Universal Robina Corp., the food and beverage arm of the Gokongwei Group, reported a 5.7 percent improvement in attributable net income to ₱8.48 billion for the nine months of 2025 from ₱8.02 billion for the same period last year on the growth of its branded consumer foods (BCF) business.
In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, URC said it generated a consolidated sale of goods and services of ₱124.623 billion for the first nine months of 2025, ahead by 4.8 percent against the same period last year.
Sale of URC’s BCF segment increased by 4.3 percent to ₱85.76 billion for the nine months of 2025 from ₱82.23 billion recorded for the comparative period of 2024.
BCF domestic operations posted 4.8 percent increase in net sales from ₱56.284 billion for the nine months of 2024 to ₱58.994 billion, supported by strong volume growth led by Snacks and RTD (ready-to-drink) Beverage.
Meanwhile, BCF international operations reported a 3.2 percent increase in net sales from ₱25.95 billion to ₱26.77 billion for the nine months of 2025 driven by resilient volumes in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Sale of goods and services of BCF accounted for 68.8 percent of total URC consolidated sale of goods and services for the nine months of 2025.
Animal nutrition and health (ANH) saw a 7.1 percent decrease in net sales from ₱10.66 billion for the nine months of 2024 to ₱9.9 billion for the nine months of 2025 due to lower volumes of hog feeds and dog food.
Sales Commodities amounted to ₱28.96 billion for the nine months of 2025, an increase of 11.4 percent from ₱25.99 billion recorded in the same period last year.
The Sugar business generated sales amounting to ₱17.53 billion for the nine months of 2025, a growth by 21.6 percent from ₱14.42 billion for the same period last year driven by higher sugar volume, while the Renewables business grew by 5.5 percent to ₱5.33 billion for the nine months of 2025.
Revenues of the Flour business amounted ₱4.71 billion for the nine months of 2025, an increase of 2.1 percent from ₱4.61 billion recorded in the same period last year mainly due to higher volume.
Sales of the Farms business grew by 3.9 percent to ₱1.11 billion for the nine months of 2025 from ₱1.07 billion of the same period last year due to higher volume and selling prices of hogs, while Packaging division decreased by 66.1 percent to ₱285 million for the nine months of 2025 from ₱841 million recorded last year due to wind-down of Polypropylene Packaging operations.

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