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Hindustan Unilever Overview

Hindustan Unilever Limited is an primarily India-based customer goods organization. The Company's segments are Home care, which includes detergent bars, detergent powders, detergent liquids, scourers, water enterprise and purifiers enterprise; Beauty & Personal Care, which includes merchandise in the categories of oral care, pores and skin care, soaps, hair care, deodorants, talcum powder, coloration cosmetics and salon services; Foods & Refreshment, which includes staples, culinary merchandise, tea, coffee, fitness meals liquids, ice-cream and...Read More

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Hindustan Unilever Key Financials

Market Cap ₹528869 Cr.

Stock P/E 49.6

P/B 10.9

Current Price ₹2250.9

Book Value ₹ 207.4

Face Value 1

52W High ₹2779.7

Dividend Yield 1.82%

52W Low ₹ 2023.1

Hindustan Unilever Share Price

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Hindustan Unilever Peer Comparison

Hindustan Unilever Quarterly Results

#(Fig in Cr.) Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025 Sep 2025 Dec 2025 Mar 2026
Net Sales 15567 15210 15707 15926 15556 15190 16514 16241 16441 16351
Other Income 214 231 257 219 232 309 201 147 139 264
Total Income 15781 15441 15964 16145 15788 15499 16715 16388 16580 16615
Total Expenditure 11901 11675 11963 12133 11867 11571 12796 12512 12653 12510
Operating Profit 3880 3766 4001 4012 3921 3928 3919 3876 3927 4105
Interest 91 105 93 110 109 77 127 129 88 76
Depreciation 313 320 329 338 318 318 361 358 337 348
Exceptional Income / Expenses -30 78 -48 -16 538 -134 -127 184 -576 247
Profit Before Tax 3446 3419 3531 3548 4032 3399 3304 3573 2926 3928
Provision for Tax 937 858 917 947 1006 897 535 876 801 922
Profit After Tax 2509 2561 2614 2601 3026 2502 2769 2697 2125 3006
Adjustments 0 -3 -4 -10 -42 -38 -13 -12 4482 -14
Profit After Adjustments 2509 2558 2610 2591 2984 2464 2756 2685 6607 2992
Adjusted Earnings Per Share 10.7 10.9 11.1 11 12.7 10.5 11.7 11.4 28.1 12.7

Hindustan Unilever Profit & Loss

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025 TTM
Net Sales 31972 32186 33162 35545 39310 39783 47028 52446 60580 61896 63121 65547
Other Income 570 426 369 384 550 632 410 258 512 811 1017 751
Total Income 32542 32612 33531 35929 39860 40415 47438 52704 61092 62707 64138 66298
Total Expenditure 26562 26169 26822 28046 30430 29922 35402 39589 46431 47233 48270 50471
Operating Profit 5980 6443 6709 7883 9430 10493 12036 13115 14661 15474 15868 15827
Interest 18 17 35 26 33 118 117 106 114 334 395 420
Depreciation 322 353 432 520 565 1002 1074 1091 1138 1216 1355 1404
Exceptional Income / Expenses 679 -31 237 -33 -228 -200 -239 -44 -64 6 305 -272
Profit Before Tax 6320 6033 6479 7304 8604 9173 10606 11874 13344 13926 14415 13731
Provision for Tax 1944 1875 1977 2079 2544 2409 2606 2987 3201 3644 3744 3134
Profit After Tax 4376 4158 4502 5225 6060 6764 8000 8887 10143 10282 10671 10597
Adjustments -12 -19 -26 -11 -6 -16 -5 -8 -23 -5 -22 4443
Profit After Adjustments 4363 4139 4476 5214 6054 6748 7995 8879 10120 10277 10649 15040
Adjusted Earnings Per Share 20.2 19.2 20.7 24.1 28 31.2 34 37.8 43.1 43.7 45.3 63.9

Growth Rates

# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Sales CAGR 2% 6% 10% 7%
Operating Profit CAGR 3% 7% 9% 10%
PAT CAGR 4% 6% 10% 9%
# 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year
Share Price CAGR -4% -3% -1% 10%
ROE Average 21% 21% 22% 56%
ROCE Average 29% 28% 30% 77%

Hindustan Unilever Balance Sheet

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Shareholder's Funds 4027 6573 6744 7281 7867 8229 47674 49061 50304 51218 49402
Minority's Interest 25 20 22 20 18 17 20 26 218 205 207
Borrowings 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Non-Current Liabilities 969 966 1056 1372 1704 2306 9943 10139 10527 14187 13717
Total Current Liabilities 9202 7067 7714 8887 8667 9317 11103 11280 12028 12879 16537
Total Liabilities 14230 14626 15536 17560 18256 19869 68740 70506 73077 78489 79863
Fixed Assets 2821 3258 4419 4528 4715 5479 51443 51473 52678 53744 54335
Other Non-Current Assets 1428 1023 945 1372 1627 2069 3080 3511 3401 3421 3477
Total Current Assets 9972 10323 10125 11644 11910 12303 14200 15509 16986 21312 22028
Total Assets 14230 14626 15536 17560 18256 19869 68740 70506 73077 78489 79863

Hindustan Unilever Cash Flow

#(Fig in Cr.) Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Opening Cash & Cash Equivalents 845 805 830 628 649 621 3216 1842 1147 701 812
Cash Flow from Operating Activities 3292 4171 5185 6059 5800 7623 9163 9048 9991 15469 11886
Cash Flow from Investing Activities 138 -282 -1173 -1063 -438 1791 -1528 -1728 -1494 -5324 6473
Cash Flow from Financing Activities -3462 -3864 -4214 -4975 -5390 -6819 -9309 -8015 -8953 -10034 -13101
Net Cash Inflow / Outflow -33 25 -202 21 -28 2595 -1674 -695 -456 111 5258
Closing Cash & Cash Equivalent 813 830 628 649 621 3216 1842 1147 701 812 6070

Hindustan Unilever Ratios

# Mar 2015 Mar 2016 Mar 2017 Mar 2018 Mar 2019 Mar 2020 Mar 2021 Mar 2022 Mar 2023 Mar 2024 Mar 2025
Earnings Per Share (Rs) 20.17 19.16 20.72 24.14 28.03 31.24 34.02 37.78 43.06 43.73 45.31
CEPS(Rs) 21.71 20.88 22.84 26.6 30.67 35.95 38.61 42.46 48 48.93 51.17
DPS(Rs) 15 16 17 20 22 25 40.5 34 39 42 53
Book NAV/Share(Rs) 18.41 30.23 31.09 33.57 36.31 38.03 202.85 208.77 214.06 217.95 210.17
Core EBITDA Margin(%) 15.96 17.38 17.73 18.2 19.91 21.55 22.08 22.08 20.88 20.8 20.31
EBIT Margin(%) 18.69 17.48 18.22 17.79 19.37 20.31 20.36 20.57 19.86 20.23 20.25
Pre Tax Margin(%) 18.64 17.43 18.12 17.72 19.29 20.05 20.14 20.39 19.69 19.76 19.71
PAT Margin (%) 12.91 12.01 12.59 12.68 13.59 14.79 15.19 15.26 14.97 14.59 14.59
Cash Profit Margin (%) 13.86 13.03 13.8 13.94 14.86 16.98 17.23 17.13 16.65 16.31 16.44
ROA(%) 31.47 28.82 29.85 31.57 33.84 35.48 18.06 12.76 14.13 13.57 13.48
ROE(%) 117.02 79.09 67.98 74.82 80.29 84.25 28.63 18.37 20.42 20.26 21.21
ROCE(%) 165.63 111.83 94.6 102.5 113.29 114.74 38.36 24.77 27.06 28.06 29.43
Receivable days 10.91 11.99 11.99 10.61 12.79 11.83 10.07 12.52 14.32 15.73 17.01
Inventory Days 31.16 29.39 26.88 22.38 20.82 21.31 21.99 24.05 22.48 21.42 21.05
Payable days 134.54 143.18 149.78 167.18 163.3 170.63 149.02 140.97 118.62 135.02 144.43
PER(x) 43.28 45.38 43.9 55.34 60.93 73.56 71.45 54.23 59.42 51.87 49.86
Price/Book(x) 47.4 28.76 29.26 39.79 47.03 60.43 11.98 9.81 11.95 10.41 10.75
Dividend Yield(%) 1.72 1.84 1.87 1.5 1.29 1.09 1.67 1.66 1.52 1.85 2.35
EV/Net Sales(x) 5.82 5.75 5.88 8.02 9.29 12.35 12.05 9.11 9.85 8.49 8.29
EV/Core EBITDA(x) 31.14 28.71 29.06 36.16 38.73 46.82 47.09 36.42 40.7 33.96 32.98
Net Sales Growth(%) 9.37 0.67 3.03 7.19 10.59 1.2 18.21 11.52 15.51 2.17 1.98
EBIT Growth(%) 20.57 -4.53 7.67 12.53 17.83 7.57 15.41 11.72 12.34 5.96 3.86
PAT Growth(%) 10.61 -4.97 8.27 16.06 15.98 11.62 18.27 11.09 14.13 1.37 3.78
EPS Growth(%) 10.54 -4.98 8.14 16.49 16.11 11.46 8.9 11.06 13.98 1.55 3.62
Debt/Equity(x) 0.01 0.03 0.04 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0
Current Ratio(x) 1.08 1.46 1.31 1.31 1.37 1.32 1.28 1.37 1.41 1.65 1.33
Quick Ratio(x) 0.77 1.08 0.98 1.03 1.08 1.02 0.96 1.01 1.06 1.34 1.07
Interest Cover(x) 358.03 355.88 186.11 281.92 261.73 78.74 91.65 113.02 118.05 42.69 37.49
Total Debt/Mcap(x) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Hindustan Unilever Shareholding Pattern

# Dec 2023 Mar 2024 Jun 2024 Sep 2024 Dec 2024 Mar 2025 Jun 2025 Sep 2025 Dec 2025 Mar 2026
Promoter 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9 61.9
FII 13.65 12.67 11.86 12.18 11.43 10.62 10.18 10.79 10.71 10.1
DII 12.35 13.24 14.13 14.15 14.7 15.54 16.07 15.69 15.75 16.4
Public 12.1 12.18 12.1 11.77 11.96 11.94 11.85 11.62 11.64 11.6
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Hindustan Unilever News

Hindustan Unilever Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Company has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 21%
  • Company is almost debt free.

Cons

  • Debtor days have increased from 135.02 to 144.43days.
  • Stock is trading at 10.9 times its book value.
  • The company has delivered a poor profit growth of 9% over past five years.
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