Is HLN halal?
Haleon plc
Halal
Haleon plc passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 15 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
10.13
Day
+1.91%
Market cap
$43.87B
Industry
Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
Sector
Healthcare
What the company does
Haleon (UK, spun off from GSK in 2022) sells over-the-counter health products: Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Centrum vitamins, Voltaren and Otrivin. Its money comes from sales to retailers and pharmacies.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $11.39B ÷ 36-month average market cap (estimated) $41.71B = 27.3%
27.3%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $1.67B ÷ 36-month average market cap (estimated) $41.71B = 4.0%
4.0%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $75.61M ÷ annual revenue $14.63B (2025) = 0.5%
0.5%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2025-12-31), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $43.87B.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Among halal stocks
- 0.06% · #180 of 1455
- Held by funds
- SPWO 0.21%
- Dividend
- 0.77% · purify 0.5% · net 0.77%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 5 superinvestors · Average reported price: $9.33
- Dodge & Cox Funds$1.4B0.7%
- Bill NygrenOakmark Funds$157.1M0.2%
- Kahn Brothers Group$544K0.1%
- First Eagle Investment Management$78.8M0.1%
- Tweedy Browne$672K0.1%
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