HUL flows before the results of the fourth quarter; PAT seen up 7.5%; plu ad spend to hit growth

Error during deserialization of the body of the response message for operation 'Translate '. Overrun of the maximum string content length quota (8192) during the reading of XML data. This quota may be increased by changing the MaxStringContentLength property on the XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas object used when creating the XML reader. Line 1, position 9022.
HUL sinks ahead of Q4 results; PAT seen up 7.5%; higher ad spend to hit growth - Economic TimesYou are here: Home > Collections >Consumer DemandHUL sinks ahead of Q4 results; PAT seen up 7.5%; higher ad spend to hit growthET Now Apr 28, 2014, 12.23 PM ISTTags: results|paid up policy|net worth|Insurability|Inflation|HUL|Hindustan UniLever|fmcg|earnings|Consumers|categories(The stock came under selling...)

NEW DELHI: Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) is scheduled to report its results for the quarter ended March 31 on Monday.

India's largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company is expected to report 7.5 per cent YoY growth in its standalone net profit number to Rs 840 crores as compared to Rs 781 crores reported in the corresponding quarter last year, according to year and Now Poll.

body {margin:0px};("google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8415620659137418\"; google_ad_slot = \"3278470286\"; google_ad_width = \"640\"; google_ad_height = \ '160\'; google_ad_channel = \"9126527482,1000001857,1000000195\"; google_adtest = \"off\"; google_safe = \"high\"; google_hints = \"consumer demand growth cent\"; google_max_num_ads = \"4 \"; google_override_format = true; google_page_url = \" http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-28/news/49464691_1_volume-growth-hindustan-unilever-limited-cent-rise \ ";");document.close () ;})();' frameborder = "0" scrolling = "no" width = "640" height = "160" >

Ahead of the results, the stock cam under some bit of selling pressure and was trading nearly 1 per cent lower at Rs 574 at 12:00 p.m. It hit a low of Rs 565.10 and a high of Rs 588 in trade today.

Net sales for the FMCG major are likely to grow by 9.6 per cent to Rs 6980 crores for the quarter ended March 2014, from Rs 6367 crores reported in the year ago period.

EBITDA is seen at Rs 1080 crore, gold has 11 per cent rise in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2014, compared to SR 971 crore reported in the year ago period. EBITDA margins are seen flat at 15.47 per cent as compared to 15.25 per cent reported in the year ago period.

According to the and Now estimates, consumer demand are likely to get worsen QoQ across categories and higher Ad expenses are likely to curtail bottom line growth.

Analysts see Volume growth between 3-4 per cent. Volume growth in 4QFy13 was 6 per cent while in Q3Fy14 it was 4 per cent.

Soaps & Detergents

Co took price hikes in Soaps to pass on palm oil inflation Soaps & Detergents see muted growth Co unwound promotional offers and increased prices Soaps & detergents could grow at 9-10% and PP at 9%

Personal Products

Segment could register growth of 8-9% F & L relaunch is witnessing encouraging response

Beverages

Beverages could post a better quarter QoQ Price growth in Beverages to come down

Watch out for

-Comments on volume growth - Consumer demand environment

body {margin:0px};("google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8415620659137418\"; google_ad_slot = \"3278470286\"; google_ad_width = \"640\"; google_ad_height = \ '110\'; google_ad_channel = \"9126527482,1000001857,1000000195\"; google_adtest = \"off\"; google_safe = \"high\"; google_hints = \"consumer demand growth cent\"; google_max_num_ads = \"2\"; google_override_format = true; google_page_url = \" http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-28/news/49464691_1_volume-growth-hindustan-unilever-limited-cent-rise \ ";");document.close () ;})();' frameborder = "0" scrolling = "no" width = "640" height = "110" > FEATURED blogs10 best tax-saving investmentsInfosys CEO SD Shibulal owns 700 + apartments in Seattle; now buying in Berlin, FrankfurtIndian engineering graduates' degrees to be recognised across 17 countriesMore: Indian engineering graduates' degrees to be recognised across 17 countries10 steps to file your income tax return onlineIndia's first e-reader Wink unveiled, supporting 15 languagesFed warns of disaster if $14.3 - trn debt limit not raisedMalaysia Airlines MH17: Rebels agree to security area at Ukraine crash siteUkraine rescuers recover 181 bodies at Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site body {margin:0px};("google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8415620659137418\"; google_ad_slot = \"4755203488\"; google_ad_width = \"300\"; google_ad_height = \ '250\'; google_ad_channel = \"9126527482,1000001857,1000000195\"; google_adtest = \"off\"; google_safe = \"high\"; google_hints = \"consumer demand growth cent\"; google_max_num_ads = \"4 \"; google_override_format = true; google_page_url = \" http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-28/news/49464691_1_volume-growth-hindustan-unilever-limited-cent-rise \ ";");document.close () ;})();' frameborder = "0" scrolling = "no" width = "300" height = "250" > RELATED ARTICLESBritannia Q4 net up 65.5% at Rs 88 crore
May 24, 2013ITC trades flat despite 19 per cent rise in Q4 profit
May 17, 2013ITC Q4 profit up 19.5% at Rs 1928 crore, beats estimates
May 17, 2013IN-DEPTH COVERAGEConsumer Demand© 2014 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reservedIndex by Keyword|Index by Datewww.economictimes.comFeedback |Privacy Policy|Terms of Use|Advertise with us document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src ='" + (document.location.protocol == ' https: '?) "(((https://sb": 'http://b') + '.scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js' % 3E%3C/script%3E")); COMSCORE.beacon({ c1:2, c2:6036484, c3:"", c4:"", c5:"", c6:"", c15:"" });