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Varun Alagh increases his stake in Honasa to 32.45% via Rs 50 Cr block deal

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Varun Alagh increases his stake in Honasa to 32.45% via Rs 50 Cr block deal
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Varun Alagh increases his stake in Honasa to 32.45% via Rs 50 Cr block deal Mamaearth’s parent Honasa Consumer’s co-founder and promoter Varun Alagh has increased his equity stake in the company through a block deal on December 29, 2025. According to Honasa’s exchange filing, Alagh bought 18,51,851 equity shares, representing 0.57% of the company’s total share capital, at Rs 270 per share, taking the transaction value to about Rs 50 crore. As disclosed on the NSE, these shares were purchased from Fireside Ventures Investment Fund. Following this acquisition, his total shareholding has risen to 10.56 crore shares, accounting for 32.45% of Honasa’s equity. The filing further added that the aggregate shareholding of the promoter and promoter group has increased to 35.54%, translating into 11.56 crore shares. The development comes soon after Honasa’s strategic entry into the men’s grooming market with the acquisition of South India-focused Reginald Men. The company has picked up a 95% stake in BTM Ventures Pvt Ltd, the owner of Reginald Men through a secondary transaction at Rs 195 crore. In terms of financials, Mamaearth’s revenue increased 16.5% to Rs 538 crore in Q2 FY26 from Rs 462 crore in Q2 FY25. The Gurugram-based company reported profit after tax of Rs 39 crore in Q2 FY26, as compared to a loss of Rs 18.56 crore in Q2 FY25. During the quarter ending September 2025, the company also picked up 25% stake in Couch Commerce Private Limited which owns brand “Fang Oral Care” for a consideration of upto Rs 10 crores. Mamaearth parent’s shares are trading at Rs 275 per share (as of 15:25 PM), with a total marketing capitalization of Rs 8,955 crore ($1 billion).

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Honasa posts Rs 602 Cr revenue in Q3 FY26; profit doubles

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Honasa Consumer Limited, the parent company of personal care brand MamaEarth, has announced its financial results for the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal year (Q3 FY26) on Thursday. The Gurugram-based company reported a 16.2% year-on-year growth in scale, while its profit after tax (PAT) grew 93% in the same period. Honasa’s revenue from operations increased to Rs 602 crore in Q3 FY26 from Rs 518 crore in Q3 FY25, its financial statements accessed from the National Stock Exchange (NSE) show. For the nine-month period, Honasa’s operating revenue increased 13.2% to Rs 1735 crore from Rs 1533 crore, a year earlier. The Gurugram-based company has not disclosed its revenue breakdown for the last quarter. It also added Rs 21 crore from non-operating activities which tallied its overall revenue to Rs 622 crore in Q3 FY26. For the D2C brand, the cost of procurement of products accounted for 34% of the overall expenditure. This cost increased by 19.6% to Rs 189 crore in Q3 FY26 from Rs 158 crore in Q3 FY25. Meanwhile, employee benefit expenses rose 18% to Rs 71 crore in Q3 FY26 from Rs 60 crore in Q3 FY25. Marketing, legal, rent, and other overheads led the total expenditure increased by 8.5% to Rs 550 crore in Q3 FY26 as compared to Rs 507 crore in Q3 FY25. In the end, the company’s profit after tax nearly doubled to Rs 50 crore in Q3 FY26, from Rs 26 crore in Q3 FY25. On a sequential basis, the company’s profit increased 28% from Rs 39 crore in Q2 FY25. During the period, the company entered the men's grooming market by acquiring a 95% stake in South India-focused Reginald Men (owned by BTM Ventures Pvt Ltd) for Rs 195 crore via a secondary transaction. Honasa’s co-founder and promoter Varun Alagh also increased his equity stake in the company to 32.45% through a Rs 50 Cr block deal during the quarter. At the end of today’s trading session, MamaEarth parent’s shares were trading at Rs 298 with a total market capitalization of Rs 9,725 crore ($1.1 billion).

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