hul q3 results 2025

HUL Share Price Drop: Focus on Pureit and Kwality Walls in HUL Q3 Results

HUL net profit rose by 19% on a year-on-year basis to ₹2,989 crores in the Q3 of the financial year 2024-25. The results were announced on January 22, 2025 and HUL share price closed at ₹2,342.95. On the next day, HUL share price opened with a fall to ₹2,315 in reaction to the quarterly results. Let’s uncover all the HUL Q3 results, earnings findings and the demerger of its ice cream business into Kwality Walls (India).

HUL Q3 Results FY25: Key Highlights

    • The leading FMCG player reported a 19% year-on-year increase in net profit which was driven by the one-time exceptional gain from the divestment of its “Pureit” business.
    • HUL Q3 results revealed that the consolidated revenue rose to ₹15,559 crores in the Q3 of FY25, up from ₹15,259 crores in the same period last year, supported by a 6% underlying sales growth in the home care segment. This growth was fueled by high single-digit volume increases in categories such as fabric wash and household care.

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  • However, overall underlying volume growth (UVG) remained flat due to an unfavorable product mix.
  • The company maintained a robust EBITDA margin of 23.5%, though this represented a 20 bps decline compared to the Q3 of FY24.
  • Profit before tax (PBT) increased by 16% YoY to ₹3,978 crores, benefiting from an exceptional gain of ₹509 crores. Excluding this gain, profit after tax before exceptional items remained flat year-on-year at ₹2,540 crores.
Consolidated Numbers Q3 FY25 Q3 FY24 YoY Change
Net Profit 2,989 2,508 19%
Total Income 16,050 15,781 2%
EBITDA 3,695 3,666 1%

*(in ₹ crores)

HUL Q3 Results: Segment-wise Revenue

  1. Home Care: This segment saw strong volume-led growth, with fabric wash and household care delivering high single-digit growth.
  2. Beauty & Wellbeing: Segment revenue grew slightly as volumes saw a low single-digit decline due to a delayed winter impacting the skincare portfolio.
  3. Personal Care: Revenue in this segment declined with a mid single-digit volume drop due to a slowdown in the hygiene segment of skin cleansing.
Consolidated Revenue Q3 FY25 Q3 FY24 YoY Change
Home Care 5,739 5,444 5.4%
Foods 3,745 3,733 0.3%
Beauty & Wellbeing 3,556 3,467 2.6%
Personal Care 2,243 2,315 -3.1%

*(in ₹ crores)

HUL Q3 Results: Ice-Cream Business Demerger

In the HUL Q3 results meeting, the company announced to demerge the ice-cream business into the wholly-owned subsidiary Kwality Wall’s (India) Limited. HUL will list its ice cream company, Kwality Wall’s (India) on the bourses.

With the demerger ratio of 1:1, every shareholder will get 1 share of Kwality Wall’s on the existing 1 share held in HUL. In FY24, the turnover of HUL’s ice cream business was ₹1,595 crores which was 2.7% of the company’s total turnover (standalone).

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HUL Q3 Results: Stake Buy in Minimalist

Amidst the HUL Q3 results, the company announced an acquisition of 90.5% stakes in the premiumization-focused skincare and beauty brand “Minimalist” for a valuation of ₹2,955 crores.

The company has taken up this deal intending to expand its beauty and well-being segment. However, the remaining 9.5% stakes of the company will be bought by the HUL in the next two years.

HUL Q3 Results: Management Commentary

Rohit Jawa, CEO and Managing Director of HUL, said that “FMCG demand trends remained subdued with continued moderation in urban growth while rural sustained its gradual recovery. In this operating context, we delivered competitive growth by driving unmissable brand superiority, investing behind brands and capabilities whilst maintaining healthy margins.

Highlighting the HUL share price performance, it has generated a negative return of more than 1% in the last 1 week (as on January 23, 2025). Keep exploring stocks and open demat account with SMC Global Securities. Stay tuned for the upcoming Nifty 50 companies quarterly results.

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