This document compares Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) and ITC Ltd., two major FMCG companies in India. HUL is the largest pure-play FMCG company with a wide portfolio of household products. ITC has diversified businesses including cigarettes, FMCG, hotels, paper, and agriculture. While cigarettes contribute most of ITC's profits, it is diversifying into non-tobacco segments. The analysis compares the companies' businesses, growth drivers, performance, and concludes that HUL has a proven FMCG business model while ITC's diversification strategy may pay off for long-term investors if executed well.
This document compares Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) and ITC Ltd., two major FMCG companies in India. HUL is the largest pure-play FMCG company with a wide portfolio of household products. ITC has diversified businesses including cigarettes, FMCG, hotels, paper, and agriculture. While cigarettes contribute most of ITC's profits, it is diversifying into non-tobacco segments. The analysis compares the companies' businesses, growth drivers, performance, and concludes that HUL has a proven FMCG business model while ITC's diversification strategy may pay off for long-term investors if executed well.
This document compares Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) and ITC Ltd., two major FMCG companies in India. HUL is the largest pure-play FMCG company with a wide portfolio of household products. ITC has diversified businesses including cigarettes, FMCG, hotels, paper, and agriculture. While cigarettes contribute most of ITC's profits, it is diversifying into non-tobacco segments. The analysis compares the companies' businesses, growth drivers, performance, and concludes that HUL has a proven FMCG business model while ITC's diversification strategy may pay off for long-term investors if executed well.
Presented by- Amreen Chippa Submitted to- Nidhi Jhawar Mam
Abhishek Kamthe Faizan Hussain Jayant Karade Chanchlesh shrivas INTRODUCTION OF HUL AND ITC Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) is an Indian customer goods Compa (FMCG) sector company with all type of household products available with it. It has home and personal care product, and also food and water purifier available with it. According to Brand Equity, HUL has largest number of brand in most trusted brand list. ITC LIMITED Its diversified business includes five segments: Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (comprising Foods, Personal Care, Cigarettes and Cigars, Apparel, Education and Stationery Products, Incense Sticks and Safety Matches), Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business and Information Technology. Though, cigarette business contributes more than 80% of the profits of the company, 80% of the capital is invested in the non-tobacco businesses. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BOTH THE COMPANIES UNDER SOME HEADS:
HUL ITC
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is ITC is not a pure-play of
the largest pure-play of FMCG company , since FMCG company in the cigarettes is its primary country and has one of the business. widest portfolio of products It is diversifying into non- sold via a strong distribution tobacco. channel. FMCG segments like foods, It owns and market some of personal care, paper products, the most popular brands in hotels and agri-business to the country across various reduce its exposure to categories including soaps, cigarettes. detergents, shampoos, tea and face creams. GROWTH DRIVERS HUL ITC
The company has been launching ITCs backward integration to
new products and brand ensure that its products pass efficiently from the farms to extensions, with investment consumers has helped it to cut being made towards brand- down supply and procurement building and increasing its costs. ITCs non- cigarette of market share. HUL is also FMCG business leverages the streamlining its various business large distribution networks the operations, in line with one company has developed by selling cigarettes over the Unilever philosophy adopted by years. A rich product mix, along the One Unilever group with ramp-up of investments in worldwide. Introduction of its new sectors, will be premium products and addition instrumental in charting ITCs of new consumers via market growth path. expansion will be HULs growth drivers. PERFORMANCE OF ITC AND HUL
After stagnating between 1999 and 04, the
company is back on the growth track. In the past 3 years, is 2008 HUL’s net sales have witnessed a CAGR of 11%, while net profits has posted a CAGR of 17%. Despite diversification, ITC’s reliance on cigarettes is still huge. The tobbaco business contribute 40% to its revenues, and account for over 80% of its profit. This cash-generating business has enabled it to take ambitious, but expensive bets in new segments and delivers modest profit growth. CONCLUSION HULs up-and-running business model is a treat for investors seeking exposure in the FMCG segment. The company has delivered in the past and has the potential to do better in future. In the small and medium term. ITCs growth story is still evolving.
ITCs is eyeing the pie with HUL and other FMCG
players currently enjoy. Though risky, the companies business model will pay off in the long run. ITCs has proved its expertise in the cigarettes, hotels, paper and agri-business. Investors who want to bank on its execution ability in FMCG and consider the stock with a long-term horizon. THANK YOU