profit from every ₹100 of sales.
₹0₹100
Hindustan Unilever
₹2,022.40+1.61% today
-11.3% in 1 year
1-year low ₹1,814.701-year high ₹2,462.90
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay ₹31.59 for every ₹1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Hindustan Unilever sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ₹595 billion in 2023 to ₹638 billion in 2026, with ₹150 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Hindustan Unilever handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
₹101.2B
Free cash flow 2026₹96.4B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends₹101.2B
Cash vs. debt₹25.8B vs. ₹14.8B
Hindustan Unilever vs. similar companies
Hindustan Unilever grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ₹100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ₹1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hindustan Unilever | 31.6× · Expensive | ||
 Procter & Gamble | 24.2× · Fair price | ||
 L'Oréal | 38.9× · Expensive | ||
 Unilever | 13.5× · Cheap | ||
 Colgate-Palmolive | 36.5× · Expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Hindustan Unilever's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 595,490 | 609,660 | 605,730 | 637,630 | |
| 268,300 | 300,740 | 308,030 | 320,980 | |
| 130,100 | 134,470 | 134,530 | 137,210 | |
| 146,100 | 154,760 | 161,720 | 156,580 | |
| 101,200 | 102,770 | 106,490 | 150,400 | |
| 43.07 | 43.74 | 45.32 | 64.00 | |
| 45.1% | 49.3% | 50.9% | 50.3% | |
| 21.8% | 22.1% | 22.2% | 21.5% | |
| 17.0% | 16.9% | 17.6% | 23.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 730,870 | 784,990 | 798,800 | 797,520 |
| Cash | 7,140 | 8,250 | 60,710 | 25,830 |
| Total debt | 12,190 | 14,840 | 16,480 | 14,780 |
| Total liabilities | 225,650 | 270,760 | 302,710 | 307,440 |
| 503,040 | 512,180 | 494,020 | 487,390 | |
| 2,350 | 2,350 | 2,350 | 2,350 | |
| 19.6% | 20.3% | 21.8% | 21.2% | |
| 20.1% | 20.1% | 21.6% | 30.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99,910 | 154,690 | 118,860 | 109,990 | |
| 11,920 | 14,770 | 12,750 | 13,610 | |
| 87,990 | 139,920 | 106,110 | 96,380 | |
| Dividends paid | 84,740 | 94,160 | 124,730 | 101,240 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 10 | 0 | 110 | 160 |
Valuation
- 31.6×
- –
- 2.24
- 9.6×
- 7.5×
- 49.3×
- 30.3×
- 2.0%
- 3.2%
- 2.1%
Profitability
- 50.3%
- 21.5%
- 23.6%
- –
- 21.2%
- 20.7%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +2.3%
- +14.1%
- –
- –
- +0.0%
Financial health
- -0.1×
- 0.03
- –
- 34.7×
- 1.22
- –
- –
How it ranks in Consumer Staples
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 11%of 670
Top 15%of 674
Bottom 20%of 624
Bottom 30%of 673
Bottom 25%of 668
2.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$21a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
67.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 105.0%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
69Pass
Benjamin Graham
52No pass
Philip Fisher
74Pass
Peter Lynch
56No pass
Joel Greenblatt
29No pass
Charlie Munger
79Pass
Terry Smith
64Pass
Questions about Hindustan Unilever
Is Hindustan Unilever a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, but the price is high. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Hindustan Unilever AI analysis
What does Hindustan Unilever do?
Hindustan Unilever Limited, a fast-moving consumer goods company, manufactures and sells food, home care, and personal care products in India and internationally. It operates through Home Care, Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Foods, and Others segments. It is in Household & Personal Products, based in Mumbai, India, with 17,477 employees.
Does Hindustan Unilever pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.1% a year, about 67% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out ₹101 billion in dividends.
Is Hindustan Unilever stock halal?
Yes. Hindustan Unilever passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.3% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Hindustan Unilever stock done over the past year?
Down 11.3% over the past twelve months, to ₹2,022.40. It traded between ₹1,814.70 and ₹2,462.90 and is 17.9% below its high.
Who are Hindustan Unilever's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Hindustan Unilever's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.