Ambareesh Baliga, COO, Way2Wealth shares his view on Hindustan Unilever (HUL).
Baliga told CNBC-TV18, "Hindustan Unilever (HUL) numbers anyway were quite decent from whatever we could make out but there is more interest in this high beta names which were beaten down, which are moving right now as compared to something like HUL. At the same time clearly I think going ahead the raw material prices, the cost push is going to affect margins going ahead. So I think the past numbers have been decent but going ahead I don't know whether the margins could be maintained because of which I think you are seeing this weakness."
The company's trailing 12-month (TTM) EPS was at Rs 10.68 per share. (Sep, 2011). The stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was 36.21. The latest book value of the company is Rs 12.19 per share. At current value, the price-to-book value of the company was 31.72. The dividend yield of the company was 1.68%.
