Hindustan Unilever Ltd is in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector is having a market capitalization worth Rs. 6,18,646.78 crores, it was incorporated in the year 1933. It has reported consolidated sales of Rs. 47,028.0 crores in March’2021. The company is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) with the code 500696, and also listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) with the code HINDUNILVR.
Hindustan Unilever is an Indian consumer goods supplier. Hindustan Unilever, a British company, is a subsidiary of Unilever plc. Unilever plc is a global leader in supplying foods, home care, personal care, and Refreshment products with sales in around 190 countries worldwide. The business of Hindustan Unilever is mainly divided into four segments: home care, personal care, foods, and refreshment. In India, Hindustan Unilever supplies well-established brands like Lux, Lifebuoy, Rin, Wheel, Vaseline, Dove, Pepsodent, Axe, Bru, Kwality Walls, etc. In addition, Hindustan Unilever continuously works for the community development of rural India under its Prabhat initiative. It is said that the product of Hindustan Unilever touches the lives of every nine out of ten Indians. The promoters of the company own 61.9% of the stake in the company, Foreign Institutional Investors (FII) own 15.11%, Domestic Institutional Investors (DII) own 10.74% stake in the company, and others (such as public & retail investors) hold the balance of 12.25%.
In June 2021, quarterly net revenue was Rs. 11,915.0 crores, which has increased by approximately 12.83 % from Rs. 10,560.0 crores for the April-June 2020 quarter. The quarterly net profit in June 2021 was Rs. 2,061.0 crores, which has also increased by nearly 9.57% from a net profit of Rs. 1,881.0 crores in June 2020. In June 2021, the reported operating profit was at Rs. 9,411.0 crores, which is also increased by 12.56% as compared to an operating profit of Rs. 8,361.0 crores for the quarter ending in June 2020. From a negative EPS of Rs. 8.01 in June 2020, the EPS of Hindustan Unilever Ltd has improved marginally and reached Rs. 8.77 per share in June 2021. HINDUNILVR's stock closed at Rs. 2,633.0 on 20th August’2021 (NSE) and has given a return of 20.82% in the last six months and returned 19.99% in the previous year.