HUL’s Q3 shock: 30% core profit drop sends shares reeling
Mumbai/IBNS: Shares of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) tumbled 5 percent following the company’s third-quarter results for the period ended December 2025, media reports said.
India’s largest FMCG company reported a 30 percent decline in consolidated net profit from continuing operations to ₹2,118 crore in Q3 FY26, compared with ₹3,027 crore in the year-ago period.
However, on a reported basis, net profit more than doubled year-on-year to around ₹6,600–₹6,607 crore, largely due to a one-time exceptional gain arising from the demerger of its ice-cream business.
In the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, HUL had posted a net profit of ₹2,989 crore.
Revenue from operations rose around 5–6 percent year-on-year to approximately ₹16,400–₹16,500 crore during the quarter.
Underlying volume growth stood at about 4 percent, indicating steady consumer demand momentum.
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