Trending stocks: HUL shares flat in early session

NEW DELHI: Shares of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. traded -0.01 per cent down in Thursday 's trade at 09:59AM (IST). Around 45640 shares changed hands on the counter.

The scrip opened at Rs 2278.0 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 2278.0 and Rs 2212.25 , respectively, in the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 2599.1 and a 52-week low of Rs 1477.2 .

Hindustan Unilever Ltd., incorporated in the year 1933, is a Large Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 524424.75 Crore) operating in FMCG sector.


The FMCG major is scheduled to announce its earnings for the quarter ended March on Thursday. HULNSE -0.16 % is likely to post 3-4% volume growth with revenue growth of 2-3%. The net profit for the quarter is expected to grow at 17%.

Key Financials

The company reported consolidated sales of Rs 9978.0 crore for the quarter ended 31-Dec-2019 , up 0.21 per cent from previous quarter's Rs 9957.0 crore and up 3.81 per cent from the year-ago quarter's Rs 9612.0 crore.

Bottomline for the latest quarter stood at Rs 1627.0 crore, 12.99 per cent from the same quarter a year ago .

Shareholding pattern
As of 21-Apr-2020 , domestic institutional investors held 2.5825257 per cent stake in the company , while foreign institutional investors held 12.040738 per cent and the promoters 0.0 per cent.

Valuation ratio

According to BSE data, the stock traded at a P/E multiple of 76.88 and a price-to-book ratio of 36.31 .A higher P/E ratio shows investors are willing to pay a higher price because of better future growth expectations. Price-to-book value indicates the inherent value of a company and is the measure of the price that investors are ready to pay even for 'nil' growth in the business.

Hindustan Unilever Ltd. belongs to the Personal Care industry.