Hindustan Unilever Limited – Investor Presentation Summary
Key Operational Highlights
- Underlying Sales Growth (USG) of 10% with Underlying Volume Growth (UVG) of 5%
- Turnover of ₹17,184 crores for quarter ended 30th June 2026 (Q1 FY2027)
- Home Care delivered 14% USG with high-single digit UVG, marking highest growth in three years
- Beauty & Wellbeing recorded 12% USG with high-single digit UVG
- Personal Care reported 4% USG with low-single digit UVG decline
- Foods delivered 7% USG with mid-single digit UVG
- Boost brand surpassed ₹1,000 crore annual turnover milestone based on trailing 12-months turnover
Segment-wise Performance
Home Care (₹6,554 cr Revenue, 17% Margin)
- Fabric Wash: Broad-based double-digit growth led by volumes; bars and powders sustained step-up; liquids accelerated double-digit growth
- Household Care: Double-digit USG and UVG; Vim Liquids delivered double-digit growth through penetration initiatives
Beauty & Wellbeing (₹4,083 cr Revenue, 28% Margin)
- Hair Care: Double-digit, volume-led growth; Premium Hair Care including future-formats continued outperformance
- Skin Care and Colour Cosmetics: High-single digit growth led by double-digit growth in Premium Skin Care
- Minimalist: Double-digit growth with sequential acceleration in momentum
- Health & Wellbeing: Soft performance in OZiva during business transition
Personal Care (₹2,624 cr Revenue, 20% Margin)
- Skin Cleansing: Mid-single digit growth driven by pricing due to persistent palm oil inflation
- Premiumisation: Double-digit, volume-led growth in Pears and Dove; Bodywash delivered double-digit growth
- Oral Care: Mid-single digit growth with premium innovations in whitening, gum and sensitive care gaining traction
Foods (₹3,480 cr Revenue, 20% Margin)
- Beverages: Premium Tea reported low-single digit UVG; Coffee delivered double-digit, volume-led growth with RTD and Bru Gold scaling up
- Lifestyle Nutrition: Double-digit growth momentum; Horlicks Superfoods relaunch and RTD seeing encouraging traction
- Packaged Foods: High-single digit growth led by Unilever Foods Solutions, Mayonnaise, and International Sauces
Financial Highlights
- Revenue: ₹17,184 crores
- EBITDA: ₹3,947 crores (8% YoY growth)
- PAT before exceptional items: ₹2,731 crores (9% YoY growth)
- Reported PAT: ₹2,680 crores (2% YoY decline due to one-off tax credit in JQ'25)
- EBITDA Margin: 23.0% (-40 bps YoY change)
- Margins remained within guided range despite volatile operating environment
Strategic & R&D Initiatives
- Unilever Fragrance House: Strengthening India as global fragrance innovation hub
- Liquids Lab of the Future: 6X faster formulation development
- WEF Lighthouse factories: 8 Lighthouse designations across 6 sites
- AI across value chain: AI-enabled digital Distribution Center launched
Industry Trends & Business Environment
- Geopolitical disruption creating volatile commodities and currency environment
- Macro-economic resilience supported by proactive fiscal and monetary policy measures
- Stable FMCG demand environment during the quarter
- Commodity volatility persists with inflationary pressures expected to continue short-term
Management Commentary & Growth Outlook
Priya Nair, CEO and Managing Director: "Despite global geopolitical volatility, the Indian economy demonstrated resilience. The underlying demand environment remained stable during the quarter. HUL delivered turnover of ₹17,184 crores and 10% USG, driven equally by volume and price. This marks our highest growth in thirteen quarters. The performance reflects the strength of our brands, increasing competitiveness of our portfolio, and disciplined execution of our strategic priorities."
Mid-term Outlook:
- Demand: Continue to monitor monsoon & geopolitical developments; expect FY2027 to be better than FY2026 led by portfolio and channel transformation
- Margin: Consolidated EBITDA Margin to be around current guided range (23.0%)
- Focus: Driving competitive, volume-led revenue growth anchored to key priorities
Corporate Calendar
- Capital Markets Day: 4th September 2026