Hindustan Unilever Limited vs Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited
An objective side-by-side of HINDUNILVR and PGHH, both in Personal Care - Multinational: valuation, profitability, growth, balance sheet, ownership and share-price performance. Where one number is clearly better on its own terms (lower P/E, higher ROE), it is shaded. That is a description, not a recommendation.
Prices as of 2026-09-21 close
Latest results: HINDUNILVR Jun 2026 · PGHH Jun 2026
At a glance
- Hindustan Unilever Limited is the larger company by market value, about 19.0 times the size of Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited.
- On trailing earnings, Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited trades at the lower P/E (30.5 against 30.6).
- Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited earns the higher return on equity (104.9% against 30.7%).
- Over three years Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited has grown profits faster (14% a year against 14%).
- Over the past year the share prices returned -24.6% (HINDUNILVR) and -44.0% (PGHH).
| Metric | Hindustan Unilever HINDUNILVR |
Procter & Gamble PGHH |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | ₹457,465 Cr | ₹24,105 Cr |
| Share price | ₹1,947 | ₹7,426 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 30.56 | 30.50 |
| P/B | 9.39 | 32.01 |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.99 | 22.42 |
| PEG | 2.18 | 2.18 |
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | 2.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| ROE | 30.7% | 104.9% |
| ROCE | 28.0% | 157.0% |
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 25.3% |
| Sales (TTM) | ₹66,374 Cr | ₹4,244 Cr |
| Net profit (TTM) | ₹14,971 Cr | ₹790 Cr |
| Growth | ||
| Latest quarter sales YoY | +5.0% | -4.9% |
| Latest quarter profit YoY | -3.2% | -34.3% |
| Sales CAGR 3Y | +2.0% | +3.0% |
| Profit CAGR 3Y | +14.0% | +14.0% |
| Sales CAGR 5Y | +7.0% | +7.0% |
| Profit CAGR 5Y | +13.0% | +15.0% |
| Financial strength | ||
| Debt/Equity | 0.03 | 0.00 |
| Interest cover | 32.54 | 112.52 |
| Ownership | ||
| Promoter holding | 61.9% | 70.6% |
| Promoter change (4 qtrs) | +0.00 pp | +0.00 pp |
| Price performance | ||
| Return 1M | -3.99% | -9.97% |
| Return 3M | -10.89% | -18.90% |
| Return 1Y | -24.56% | -43.95% |
| Return YTD | -15.93% | -42.75% |
| Technical condition | ||
| Technical score | 27 | 19 |
| RS rating (1-99) | 26.00 | 6.00 |
| % vs 200-DMA | -11.75% | -26.96% |
| RSI (14) | 40.56 | 22.84 |
| % from 52-week high | -27.00% | -48.82% |
