HINDUNILVRFast Moving Consumer Goods

Hindustan Unilever Limited

Diversified FMCG · ISIN INE030A01027 · BSE 500696 · NSE EQ · FV ₹1
Last price
₹1,942
-1.01%today
What this company does

Hindustan Unilever Limited operates in Diversified FMCG, part of the Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector. It booked ₹17,341 cr of revenue in its latest quarter (Q1 FY27) and kept 15.4% of sales as profit. It is the largest of 5 Diversified FMCG companies we track, by market value.

68out of 100
Equitytale Health Score
Solid

Healthier than 68% of companies in Fast Moving Consumer Goods, on all six measures of filed financials. Each measure is ranked against the 89–149 companies that reported it.

Measures financial condition, not whether to buy. Learn what this score means · How this is calculated

Price momentum
neutral
RSI (14)
38

At close. Not part of the score.

Profitability & returns79

How much profit it earns on the money it employs

Balance sheet85

How much it owes, and whether earnings cover the interest

Cash quality62

Whether reported profit actually arrives as cash

Growth & consistency57

Whether sales and profit have grown, and how steadily

Valuation22

What today's price implies, against our models or its peers

Governance & risk100

How much of the promoters' stake is pledged, and how much they hold · highest in its sector on what we could measure

Is this company doing well?
not investment advice
Looks broadly healthyPriced in line with peers
Strengths
Makes a profit
Strong 15% net margin
Sales up 5% vs last year
Promoters hold 62%
No promoter shares pledged
Strong 22% return on equity
Virtually debt-free
Turns profit into real cash
Watch-outs
None flagged from our data

What if I invest in HINDUNILVR?

Set a growth rate and see what a monthly SIP would add up to. Your assumption, our arithmetic.

You would put in
₹12.00 lakh
120 instalments
At 6% a year, it would become
₹16.33 lakh

The slider starts at 6%, taken from this company's own free-cash-flow trend. That is history, not a forecast — this is your assumption, and the figure above is arithmetic on it. Returns are not steady year to year, and a real holding would not grow in a straight line. We do not publish price targets or predict returns.

Key ratios · latest quarter + price
₹1,942 -1.01%
latest close · 2026-09-17
1-year return
-27.2%
52-wk low ₹1,90252-wk high ₹2,859
Is it cheap or expensive?
What you pay for the profits, book value and cash flow. Higher isn't automatically worse — it can signal faster growth.
P/E ratio42.7High
LowAverageHigh
P/B ratio9.36High
Below bookModerateHigh
EV / EBITDA27.9High
LowAverageHigh
How good is the business?
How much profit it earns from its money and its sales.
Return on equity21.9%Strong
WeakFairStrong ▸15%
Return on capital23.1%Strong
WeakFairStrong
Net margin15.4%Strong
ThinDecentStrong
EBITDA margin23.4%Healthy
ThinDecentHealthy
Is it financially safe?
How much it owes, and whether it can comfortably cover it.
Debt to equity0.00Comfortable
LowModerateHigh ▸1
Interest cover49.4×Strong
RiskyOkayStrong ▸5×
Current ratio1.22Healthy
Tight ◂1HealthyAmple
More figures
Market cap
₹4.56 L cr
Book value
₹207
EPS
₹11.38
latest quarter
Net debt
₹-2,583 cr
more cash than debt
Enterprise value
₹4.54 L cr
EBITDA
₹16,240 cr
annualised
EBIT
₹14,828 cr
annualised
Operating margin
21.4%
Return on assets
13.4%
Earnings yield
2.34%
P/S
6.58
Sales / share
₹295.2
Tax rate
26.2%
Face value
₹1
Shares
235.0 cr
Working capital
₹3,458 cr
Current assets
₹19,007 cr
Current liabilities
₹15,549 cr
Delivery %
61.1%
Strong / safeFairWeak / riskyValuation — a level, not good/badBands are general rules of thumb, not advice.

P/E, ROE, ROCE and margins are annualised from the latest quarter; per-share and balance-sheet ratios use the most recent balance sheet on file · prices as of 2026-09-17.

Worth vs price · from the exchange filings
not investment advice
Hard to value confidentlyLow confidence
The market price is far above what these earnings- and book-based models support — a fast-growing or asset-light business can trade well above them for years, so we won't put a confident number on how overpriced it is.
Models span ₹597₹777, midpoint ₹687

An educational model from the company's own filings, every assumption shown — not investment advice or a price target. Prices can stay above or below any model for years.

P&L · Q1 FY27 (consolidated)
Revenue from Operations₹17,341 cr
Other Income₹188 cr
Total Income₹17,529 cr
Cost of Materials₹5,429 cr
Purchases of Stock-in-Trade₹3,321 cr
Inventory Change (±)₹3 cr
Employee Benefit Expense₹769 cr
Finance Costs₹75 cr
Depreciation & Amortisation₹353 cr
Other Expenses₹3,872 cr
Total Expenses₹13,822 cr
Exceptional Items₹-75 cr
Profit before Tax₹3,632 cr
Tax Expense₹952 cr
Net Profit₹2,680 cr
Net margin on total income15.3%
Where the money goes · Q1 FY27
% of total income
Materials + stock-in-trade₹8,753 cr50.1%
Employee benefit expense₹769 cr4.4%
Finance costs₹75 cr0.4%
Depreciation & amortisation₹353 cr2.0%
Other expenses₹3,872 cr22.2%
Tax expense₹952 cr5.5%
Profit for the period₹2,680 cr15.4%
Total income ₹17,529 cradds up to ₹100 ✓
Quarterly results · consolidated (₹ cr)
MetricQ3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
Revenue16,441 cr16,351 cr17,341 cr
Total income16,580 cr16,615 cr17,529 cr
Expenses13,078 cr12,934 cr13,822 cr
Profit before tax2,926 cr3,928 cr3,632 cr
Tax801 cr922 cr952 cr
Net profit (owners' share)6,607 cr2,992 cr2,673 cr
Net margin (owners' share, on revenue)40.2%18.3%15.4%
EPS (₹)9.0312.7611.38
YoY (latest quarter): total income +4.9% · net profit -3.0%
Balance sheet & cash flow · as of Mar 2026
Debt-free
Total assets
₹79,752 cr
Shareholder equity
₹48,739 cr
parent shareholders
Total debt
₹0 cr
Cash
₹2,583 cr
Cash flow · H1 FY26
Operating
₹6,267 cr
Investing
₹-4,018 cr
Financing
₹-5,992 cr
Peer comparison
Diversified FMCG · by market value
CompanyPriceMarket capP/E
Hindustan Unilever Limitedthis company₹1,942₹4.56 L cr42.7
ITC Limited₹266₹3.34 L cr19.0
Hindustan Foods Limited₹620₹7,519 cr43.9
Godavari Biorefineries Limited₹243₹1,245 cr
Davangere Sugar Company Limited₹2₹295 cr51.5
Same industry · latest reported numbers · not a recommendation.
Corporate actions
Dividend yield
2.11%
trailing 12 months
Dividend / share (TTM)
₹41
Last dividend
₹22
ex 23 Jun 2026
ActionDetailEx-date
Dividend₹22 / share23 Jun 2026
Dividend₹19 / share7 Nov 2025
Dividend₹24 / share23 Jun 2025
Dividend₹19 / share6 Nov 2024
Dividend₹10 / share6 Nov 2024
Dividend₹24 / share14 Jun 2024
Who owns it · 2026-06-30
No pledge
Promoter
61.9%
FII / Foreign
9.5%
DII / Domestic
17.0%
Retail / others
11.6%
Smart-money activity
Insider trades
SoldGerard Anthuan Irudayaraj · Employee900 · ₹18.3 L20 Aug 26
SoldVibhav Sanzgiri · Employee5,33719 Aug 26
SoldVibhav Sanzgiri · Employee4,70019 Aug 26
Bulk / block deals
short · NSE115 Sep 26
short · NSE5027 Aug 26
short · NSE3026 Aug 26
Stake changes
BoughtLife Insurance Corporation of India→ 6.74% · 4.72 cr16 Jan 26
BoughtLife Insurance Corporation of India→ 5.01% · 2.55 L12 Apr 24
SoldHorlicks Limited,Person acting in concer- GlaxoSmithKline Pte Ltd→ 0.00% · 7.97 cr7 May 20
What shareholders were asked to approve

A company cannot decide everything on its own. Things like a top executive’s pay, issuing new shares, or re-appointing a director have to be put to the people who own the company, and they vote — one vote per share. So whoever owns the most shares has the most say.

Postal ballot · 6 Jan 2026
See the official result
1
Appointment of Mr. Niranjan Gupta (DIN: 07806792) as the Whole-time Director of the Company, liable to retire by rotation, to hold office for a period of 5 (five) consecutive years i.e., from 1st November, 2025 to 31st October, 2030
Backed by 98% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 50%
54.28 cr votes for, 88.74 L against · 2% of mutual funds and other big investors said no
2
Appointment of Mr. Bobby Parikh (DIN: 00019437) as an Independent Director of the Company, not liable to retire by rotation, to hold office for a period of 5 (five) consecutive years i.e. from 1st December, 2025 to 30th November, 2030
Backed by 98% of shareholders other than promotersneeded 75%
54.34 cr votes for, 83.22 L against · 2% of mutual funds and other big investors said no

Every vote count above is taken from the result the company filed with the stock exchange, certified by an independent counter. To work out what would have happened without the promoters, we simply remove their votes and re-apply the same legal bar the proposal had to clear. Nothing here is an estimate or an opinion.

Who controls this company, and what it pays them

Most Indian companies are controlled by a family or group — the promoters. The exchange requires them to be listed by name, including members who own no shares at all, and requires the company to disclose any business it does with them.

The promoter group — 7 named members
owning 61.9% between them · as of 2026-06-30
UNILEVER PLC47.43%
UNILEVER GROUP LIMITED4.54%
UNILEVER OVERSEAS HOLDINGS AG2.93%
UNILEVER UK&CN HOLDINGS LIMITED2.56%
UNILEVER SOUTH INDIA ESTATES LIMITED2.24%
UNILEVER ASSAM ESTATES LIMITED1.40%
UNILEVER OVERSEAS HOLDINGS B V0.80%
Business done with them
FY2026 · 1 of the group
The company paid ₹5,547 cr to companies in the promoter group last year — about 8.6% of its ₹64,468 cr revenue.
Unilever PLC
Other payments to them · Dividend paid, Royalty expense, Expenses for other services received, Reimbursements paid
also owns 47.43% of the company
₹4,903 cr
company paid
Unilever PLC
Paid them for services · Dividend paid, Royalty expense, Expenses for other services received, Reimbursements paid
also owns 47.43% of the company
₹644 cr
company paid

Names and holdings from the company’s shareholding pattern filed with the exchange; transactions from the related-party note in its annual report. Every figure is as filed — these are legal, disclosed dealings, and what to make of them is your call.

How the stock has moved · adjusted for splits & bonuses
Data from primary exchange filings · analysis tool, not investment advice.