HUL Q3 Results: Profit surges 120% due to one-off gains from Kwality Wall's demerger

HUL Q3 Results: Consolidated net profit of India's largest FMCG firm rose 121% YoY to ₹6,603 crore, on revenue that increased 5.7% to ₹16,441 crore.

Published on: Feb 12, 2026 11:43 AM IST

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Hindustan Unilever Ltd. more than doubled its bottomline in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal due to a one-off gain from demerger of its ice-cream business housed under Kwality Wall's.

Hindustan Unilever's share price fell as much as 4.55% after the quarterly results were declared. (Reuters)

Consolidated net profit of India's largest FMCG firm rose 121% over the year-ago period to ₹6,603 crore in the three months ended 31 December, on the back of revenue from operations that increased 5.7% to ₹16,441 crore, according to an exchange filing on Thursday (12 February 2026).

HUL Q3 Results (Consolidated, YoY)

Revenue up 5.7% at ₹16,441 crore
EBITDA up 2.7% at ₹3,788 crore
EBITDA margin down 70 bps at 23%
Net profit up 121% at ₹6,603 crore

HUL's share price fell as much as 4.55% after the quarterly results were declared even as the benchmark Sensex was trading half a percent lower.

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