HINDUNILVR.NS

Hindustan Unilever Limited

NSI · Consumer Defensive

₹1,934.50

-₹16.50 (-0.85%)down -0.85%

24 September 2026 · delayed 15+ min

F

Quality score43.4 / 100

Cut-offs are the grader's own: 97+ for an A+, below 60 is an F.

Hindustan Unilever Limited earns a F on excellent profit margins (>20%) and strong trend (ADX > 25) but high debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) and price well below 200-day SMA (downtrend). Does not meet investment criteria for your profile.

Model stance AVOID Suggested position 4.0% · ₹400.00 IQInvest estimate
Adjusted for Moderate investors, Medium-term investors 4.0% suggested allocation Change these

These change the suggested position size and the stance, not the category scores. Amount is in rupees.

IQ-HINDUNILVR.NS-20260924engine v1 · 7-category weighted scorecard

What it is worth, depending who you ask.

Today’s price against the year it has had and the targets analysts publish. Every marker is a reported figure, not a projection of ours.

Lowest analyst target

₹1,804.00

52-week low

₹1,926.50

Today's price

₹1,934.50

Mean analyst target

₹2,418.84

52-week high

₹2,667.20

Highest analyst target

₹2,860.00

HINDUNILVR.NS trades 1% of the way up its 52-week range, between ₹1,926.50 and ₹2,667.20. The mean analyst target of ₹2,418.84 is 25.1% above today's price.

Today’s price 52-week range Analyst price targets

Scored categories

Financial healthExcellent profit margins (>20%); High debt-to-equity ratio (>2.0) 55.023%

Profit margin

22.64%

Net profit per unit of revenue

exceptionalWhat this means

Of every 100 units of revenue, this much survives as profit.

Margins this wide usually mean real pricing power or a moat.

Operating margin

20.72%

Before interest and tax

healthyWhat this means

Profit from operations, before interest and tax, per 100 of revenue.

The operations themselves are comfortably profitable.

Gross margin

50.37%

After the cost of goods only

highWhat this means

What is left of revenue after only the direct cost of the product.

Little marginal cost per sale, which is what lets software and pharma fund heavy R&D.

Debt to equity

3.02

Borrowings against equity

conservativeWhat this means

Borrowings measured against shareholder capital.

Comfortably financed.

Revenue growth

5.00%

Year on year

growingWhat this means

Change in revenue against the same period last year.

A healthy expansion rate.

Earnings growth

8.40%

Year on year

modestWhat this means

Change in earnings against the same period last year.

Slow profit growth.

Revenue

₹66,052 Cr

Trailing twelve months

Payout ratio

91.09%

Dividends as a share of earnings

above earningsWhat this means

The share of earnings paid out as dividends.

The dividend exceeds profit, so it is being funded from cash or debt — rarely sustainable.

Growth & momentumPoor 1-year return (-22.8%); Low Sharpe ratio (-0.26) 15.022%

Return, 1 month

-3.76%

Return, 3 months

-8.72%

Return, 6 months

-4.96%

Return, year to date

-15.92%

Return, 1 year

-22.79%

Return, 3 years

-18.37%

Sharpe ratio

-0.26

Return earned per unit of risk

negativeWhat this means

Return earned per unit of risk taken.

The risk taken has not been rewarded over this period.

Win rate

47.74%

Share of days that closed up

below evenWhat this means

The share of trading days that closed higher.

More down days than up, even if the total return is positive.

Average daily return

-0.01%

Best day

5.96%

Worst day

-7.40%

ValuationHigh P/E ratio (42.9) - may be overvalued; High PEG ratio (3.69) 0.018%

P/E ratio

42.93

Price against trailing earnings

very highWhat this means

You pay 42.93 for every 1 unit of annual earnings.

Above 40 the price assumes growth that then has to actually arrive.

Forward P/E

36.36

Price against forecast earnings

highWhat this means

Price against next year's *forecast* earnings.

Even next year's expected earnings do not bring the multiple down much.

PEG ratio

3.69

P/E adjusted for growth

expensive for the growthWhat this means

P/E divided by the growth rate — it asks whether the price is justified by the growth.

Above 2 you pay more per unit of growth than the convention treats as reasonable.

Price to book

9.32

Price against balance-sheet equity

well above bookWhat this means

Price against the accounting value of the company's net assets.

Normal for asset-light businesses, where the value sits in brands and software the balance sheet never records.

Price to sales

6.88

Price against revenue

highWhat this means

Price against revenue — usable when a company has no profit yet.

The price assumes today's revenue will convert into much more profit later.

EV / EBITDA

30.24

Whole-company value against cash earnings

highWhat this means

Whole-company value, debt included, against cash earnings.

Expensive even before interest, tax and depreciation are considered.

Enterprise value

₹4.49 L Cr

Market value plus debt, minus cash — the price of the whole business

Shares outstanding

2,34,95,91,262

Shares the profit is split across

Dividend yield

2.26%

Annual dividend against price

meaningfulWhat this means

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price.

A substantial part of the total return arrives as income.

TechnicalStrong trend (ADX > 25); RSI in healthy range (30-70); Price well below 200-day SMA (downtrend) 80.015%

RSI (14)

39.9

Above 70 overbought, below 30 oversold

neutralWhat this means

A 0–100 momentum gauge over the last 14 sessions.

The middle band, where most trading days sit.

MACD

-26.80

Momentum against its own trend

MACD histogram

3.93

Positive is bullish

ADX

29.0

Trend strength; above 25 is a real trend

trendingWhat this means

Trend strength, regardless of direction.

Above 25 is conventionally read as a genuine trend in force.

20-day average

₹1,955.15

50-day average

₹2,033.64

200-day average

₹2,178.40

Price vs 50-day

-4.88%

Price vs 200-day

-11.24%

Bollinger upper

₹2,000.09

Bollinger lower

₹1,910.20

Average true range

28.27

Typical daily trading range

Stochastic %K

12.3

Risk4 measured figures 45.012%

Volatility, annualised

20.46%

How far it swings in a year

normalWhat this means

How far the price typically swings over a year.

A typical range for an individual share.

Beta

0.32

Moves against the wider market

steadier than the marketWhat this means

How much the price moves relative to the wider market.

Tends to move less than the index, in both directions.

Maximum drawdown

-33.78%

Worst peak-to-trough fall

significantWhat this means

The worst peak-to-trough fall in the period measured.

A serious decline, though not unusual over a multi-year window.

Risk category

Moderate

The engine's own banding

Analyst viewAnalyst consensus: Buy; Significant upside potential (25.1%) 100.010%

Consensus

Buy

What covering analysts rate it

Analysts covering

38

Mean price target

₹2,418.84

Highest target

₹2,860.00

Lowest target

₹1,804.00

Implied upside

25.05%

Target against today's price

largeWhat this means

How far the mean analyst target sits above today's price.

A wide gap, which as often means the price has fallen as that the target is right.

Price against the NIFTY 50

180 trading days to 2026-09-24

HINDUNILVR.NS is 18.2% down over the window, against 9.4% down for the NIFTY 50 — behind by 8.8 points.
HINDUNILVR.NS -18.2%NIFTY 50 -9.4%
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Sampled across the window. Both columns are rebased to 100 on 2026-01-08, so they can be compared directly.
DateCloseHINDUNILVR.NS rebasedNIFTY 50 rebased
2026-01-08₹2,363.67100.0100.0
2026-01-30₹2,349.1199.497.9
2026-02-20₹2,291.2097.098.8
2026-03-16₹2,154.7991.290.5
2026-04-09₹2,112.7289.491.9
2026-05-01₹2,228.2494.3—
2026-05-22₹2,181.4192.391.7
2026-06-12₹2,147.9690.991.3
2026-07-03₹2,201.2093.293.8
2026-07-24₹2,145.0090.891.8
2026-08-14₹2,077.0087.994.2
2026-09-04₹1,973.4083.592.4

How the score was built

Each category is scored 0–100, then multiplied by its weight. The seven contributions sum to the quality score.
CategoryScoreWeightContribution
Financial health55.023%12.7
Growth & momentum15.022%3.3
Valuation0.018%0.0
Technical80.015%12.0
Risk45.012%5.4
Analyst view100.010%10.0
ESG50.00%0.0
Quality score100%43.4

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ModelThe emphasis
IQInvest defaultThe engine's own weighting: financial health 23% and performance 22% lead, valuation 18%, then technicals, risk and analysts.
Value investorPrice against worth dominates: valuation 40%, financial health 25%. Chart signals count for almost nothing.
Growth investorMomentum first: performance 40% and technicals 20%. Whether the price is fair today gets just 5%.
Sleep at nightStability over everything: risk 35% and financial health 30% together outweigh all other categories combined.
ChartistThe tape over the fundamentals: technicals 45% and performance 25%. Valuation is nearly ignored.
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Your grade

F

43.4 / 100

Identical to the IQInvest grade.

All 60 metricsOne flat sortable table, for when you want everything at once.
Metric Category Value Source
Worst dayGrowth & momentum-7.40%Yahoo Finance
Win rateGrowth & momentum47.74%Yahoo Finance
VolumeMarket data12,57,580Yahoo Finance
Volatility, annualisedRisk20.46%Yahoo Finance
Stochastic %KTechnical12.3Yahoo Finance
Sharpe ratioGrowth & momentum-0.26Yahoo Finance
Shares outstandingValuation2,34,95,91,262Yahoo Finance
RSI (14)Technical39.9Yahoo Finance
Risk categoryRiskModerateYahoo Finance
Revenue growthFinancial health5.00%Yahoo Finance
RevenueFinancial health₹66,052 CrYahoo Finance
Return, year to dateGrowth & momentum-15.92%Yahoo Finance
Return, 6 monthsGrowth & momentum-4.96%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 yearsGrowth & momentum-18.37%Yahoo Finance
Return, 3 monthsGrowth & momentum-8.72%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 yearGrowth & momentum-22.79%Yahoo Finance
Return, 1 monthGrowth & momentum-3.76%Yahoo Finance
Profit marginFinancial health22.64%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 50-dayTechnical-4.88%Yahoo Finance
Price vs 200-dayTechnical-11.24%Yahoo Finance
Price to salesValuation6.88Yahoo Finance
Price to bookValuation9.32Yahoo Finance
Previous closeMarket data₹1,950.00Yahoo Finance
PEG ratioValuation3.69Yahoo Finance
Payout ratioFinancial health91.09%Yahoo Finance
P/E ratioValuation42.93Yahoo Finance
Operating marginFinancial health20.72%Yahoo Finance
OpenMarket data₹1,940.00Yahoo Finance
Mean price targetAnalyst view₹2,418.84Yahoo Finance
Maximum drawdownRisk-33.78%Yahoo Finance
MACD histogramTechnical3.93Yahoo Finance
MACDTechnical-26.80Yahoo Finance
Lowest targetAnalyst view₹1,804.00Yahoo Finance
Implied upsideAnalyst view25.05%Yahoo Finance
Highest targetAnalyst view₹2,860.00Yahoo Finance
Gross marginFinancial health50.37%Yahoo Finance
Forward P/EValuation36.36Yahoo Finance
EV / EBITDAValuation30.24Yahoo Finance
Enterprise valueValuation₹4.49 L CrYahoo Finance
EmployeesMarket data17,477Yahoo Finance
Earnings growthFinancial health8.40%Yahoo Finance
Dividend yieldValuation2.26%Yahoo Finance
Debt to equityFinancial health3.02Yahoo Finance
Day lowMarket data₹1,926.50Yahoo Finance
Day highMarket data₹1,953.00Yahoo Finance
ConsensusAnalyst viewBuyYahoo Finance
Bollinger upperTechnical₹2,000.09Yahoo Finance
Bollinger lowerTechnical₹1,910.20Yahoo Finance
BetaRisk0.32Yahoo Finance
Best dayGrowth & momentum5.96%Yahoo Finance
Average volumeMarket data16,08,698Yahoo Finance
Average true rangeTechnical28.27Yahoo Finance
Average daily returnGrowth & momentum-0.01%Yahoo Finance
Analysts coveringAnalyst view38Yahoo Finance
ADXTechnical29.0Yahoo Finance
52-week lowMarket data₹1,926.50Yahoo Finance
52-week highMarket data₹2,667.20Yahoo Finance
50-day averageTechnical₹2,033.64Yahoo Finance
200-day averageTechnical₹2,178.40Yahoo Finance
20-day averageTechnical₹1,955.15Yahoo Finance
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