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Buzzing Stocks: Shares of these two companies gain up to 15% on strong Q3 resultsKSB shares have done well over the last 12 months, having gained over 30%, while those of Sanofi Consumer have been underperformers over the last six months.By Vinnii Motiwala   |  Shloka Badkar  February 26, 2026, 12:01:07 PM IST (Published)2 Min ReadShares of KSB Ltd. and Sanofi Consumer Healthcare India Ltd. gained up to 15% on Thursday, February 26, reacting to their third quarter earnings that were reported after market hours on Wednesday evening.

Shares of KSB are trading with gains of 11%, currently the second best performers on the Nifty 500 index, while those of Sanofi Consumer are trading with gains of close to 15%.

KSB

KSB's third quarter net profit increased 11% to ₹81 crore from ₹73.1 crore in the previous year.

Its revenue of ₹784 crore was up 8% from the previous year's ₹726.4 crore. KSB's revenue growth was led by a 9% growth in the pumps segment.

KSB's margin increased by 310 basis points to 16.6% from 13.5% in the year-ago period.

The company reported steady growth despite the labour code impact of ₹25.5 crore during the quarter.

Sanofi Consumer

Sanofi Consumer reported a revenue of ₹251 crore in the third quarter, up 47% from the previous year's 171 crore.

Its profit after tax increased 50% to ₹66.5 crore from ₹44.3 crore in the December quarter last year.

The company's margin narrowed to 35.8% from 36.5% in the year-ago period.

The company also declared a dividend of ₹75 per share.

Shares of KSB were trading 11.2% up at ₹797.45 apiece around 10.55 am on Thursday. The stock has gained 31% in the past year.

Meanwhile, shares of Sanofi Consumer were trading with gains of 14.8% at ₹4,601 apiece around 10.55 am. It has declined 10% in the last six months.

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