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Growth pangs persist for HUL
Mint Mumbai
|December 04, 2024
Bogged down HUL's shares have underperformed in 2024 so far amid demand woes
Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has been struggling with muted revenue growth for the past few quarters, thanks to a combination of weak pricing and subdued volume growth. Demand conditions are still not particularly exciting, with urban demand moderating even as rural is recovering.
At its recent capital markets day, HUL's management indicated that it foresees overall demand trends to be stable in the short term. The company expects low single-digit price growth in the near term if commodity prices remain stable. Commodity price volatility, especially in tea and palm oil, is a challenge.
HUL intends to focus on volume-led revenue growth and expects to maintain EBITDA margin at the current levels in the near future. For the six months ended September (HIFY25), it stood at 23.5%.
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