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Unilever PLC Fundamentals

Company NameUnilever PLCLast Updated2025-05-02
IndustryHousehold & Personal ProductsSectorConsumer Defensive
Shares in Issue2.456 bnMarket Cap£116.62 bn
PE Ratio24.47Dividend per Share€1.73
Dividend Yield3.11Dividend Cover1.32
EPS€2.29EPS Growth (%)0.09
PEG3.04DPS Growth (%)0.0008
Debt Ratio0.3844Debt Equity Ratio1.2233
Asset Equity Ratio3.5358Cash Equity Ratio0.3382
Quick Ratio0.5051Current Ratio0.76
Price To Book Value6.8306ROCE0

Unilever PLC Dividends

TypeEx-DatePay DateCurrencyNet DividendYear Total
Interim2025-05-152025-06-13GBP0.3887
Prelim2025-02-272025-03-28GBP0.3775
Interim2024-11-072024-12-06GBP0.3663
Interim2024-08-082024-09-06GBP0.3696
Interim2024-05-162024-06-07GBP0.3674
Prelim2024-02-222024-03-22GBP0.3647
Interim2023-11-162023-12-08GBP0.3715
Interim2023-08-032023-08-31GBP0.3700
Interim2023-05-182023-06-15GBP0.3783
Prelim2023-02-232023-03-21GBP0.3812
Interim2022-11-172022-12-09GBP0.3722
Interim2022-08-042022-09-01GBP0.3633
Interim2022-05-192022-06-16GBP0.3590

Unilever PLC Company Financials

Assets202420232022
Tangible Assets€11.67 bn€10.71 bn€10.77 bn
Intangible Assets€40.90 bn€39.47 bn€40.49 bn
Investments€1.60 bn€1.41 bn€1.19 bn
Total Fixed Assets€60.56 bn€57.36 bn€58.66 bn
Stocks€5.18 bn€5.12 bn€5.93 bn
Debtors€5.12 bn€4.94 bn€6.74 bn
Cash & Equivalents€7.63 bn€6.11 bn€5.84 bn
Other Assets€6.39 bn€5.79 bn€6.22 bn
Total Assets€79.75 bn€75.27 bn€77.82 bn
Liabilities202420232022
Creditors within 1 year€25.23 bn€23.51 bn€25.43 bn
Creditors after 1 year€31.96 bn€31.00 bn€30.69 bn
Other Liabilities€48.00 m€175.00 m€4.00 m
Total Liabilities€57.20 bn€54.50 bn€56.12 bn
Net assets€22.55 bn€20.76 bn€21.70 bn
Equity202420232022
Called up share capital€88.00 m€88.00 m€92.00 m
Share Premium€52.87 bn€52.87 bn€52.87 bn
Profit / Loss€8.87 bn€9.34 bn€10.34 bn
Other Equity€19.99 bn€18.10 bn€19.02 bn
Preference & Minorities€2.56 bn€2.66 bn€2.68 bn
Total Capital Employed€22.55 bn€20.76 bn€21.70 bn
Ratios202420232022
Debt Ratio€0.55€0.57€0.55
Debt-to-Equity€1.22€1.31€1.20
Assets / Equity3.53583.53583.5358
Cash / Equity0.33820.33820.3382
EPS€2.89€2.65€2.67
Cash Flow202420232022
Cash from operating activities€9.52 bn€9.43 bn€7.28 bn
Cashflow before financing€2.58 bn€2.23 bn-€1.61 bn
Increase in Cash€1.95 bn-€61.00 m€845.00 m
Income202420232022
Turnover€60.76 bn€59.60 bn€60.07 bn
Cost of sales€33.39 bn€34.43 bn€35.91 bn
Gross Profit€27.37 bn€25.18 bn€24.17 bn
Operating Profit€9.40 bn€9.76 bn€10.76 bn
Pre-Tax profit€8.87 bn€9.34 bn€10.34 bn

Unilever PLC Company Background

SectorConsumer Defensive
ActivitiesUnilever is a diversified beauty, wellbeing, and personal care (44% of 2023 sales by value), homecare (20%), and packaged food (36%) company. Its brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Axe and Dove skin products, andthe TRESemme haircare brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years; notable purchases include Paula's Choice, Liquid I.V., Horlicks, Garancia, and The Vegetarian Butcher.
Latest Interim Date25 Jul 2024
Latest Fiscal Year End Date13 Feb 2025

Unilever PLC Directors

AppointedNamePosition
2018-05-03Ms. Ann M. FudgeNon-Executive Director,Vice Chairman
2025-03-14Mr. Nelson PeltzNon-Executive Director
2019-09-03Ms. Mary MaNon-Executive Director
2015-04-30Mr. Paul Stephen WalshNon-Executive Director
2011-08-09Mr. Rudolph Harold Peter MarkhamExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2025-05-01Ms. Andrea JungNon-Executive Director,Vice Chair and Senior Independent Director
2024-04-30Professor Dr. Youngme E. Moon, PhDNon-Executive Director
2015-10-01Mr. Jean-Marc HuetExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2025-03-14Mr. Adrian Nevil HennahNon-Executive Director
2011-08-09Mr. Antony Burgmans KBENon-Executive Director,Chairman
2015-04-30Dr. Byron Elmer GroteNon-Executive Director
2016-04-20Ms. Thembalihle Hixonia Nyasulu Non-Executive Director
2008-03-01Mr. Jeroen van der VeerNon-Executive Director,Vice Chairman
2011-08-09Mr. Patrick Jean-Pierre CescauExecutive Director,Chief Executive
2018-12-28Mr. Paul G J M PolmanExecutive Director and Chief Executive Officer
2011-08-09Mr. Ralph David KuglerExecutive Director,President Home and Personal Care
2021-02-18Mr. Vittorio Amedeo Colao Non-Executive Director
2025-03-14Mr. Ian Keith MeakinsNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2022-03-11Mr. John RishtonNon-Executive Director
2016-04-20Mr. Niels Michael Aage TreschowNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2015-04-30The Right Honourable Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, KCMG QCNon-Executive Director
2011-08-09Mr. James A. LawrenceExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2008-06-27The Lord David Alec Gwyn Simon of Highbury CBENon-Executive Director,Vice Chairman
2011-08-09Mr. Cornelis Job Kees van der GraafExecutive Director,President Europe
2013-05-15Mr. Sunil Bharti MittalNon-Executive Director
2007-03-01The Right Honourable Lady Lynda Chalker of Wallasey PCNon-Executive Director
2022-03-11Ms. Laura May Lung ChaNon-Executive Director
2025-03-14Ms. Susan Saltzbart KilsbyNon-Executive Director
2024-04-30Mr. Nils Smedegaard AndersenNon-Executive Director
2023-10-31Mr. Feike SijbesmaNon-Executive Director
2024-03-15Mr. Alan Jope Executive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2024-04-30Dr. Judith Hartmann, PhDNon-Executive Director
2023-12-29Mr. Graeme PitkethlyExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2024-04-30Mr. Strive MasiyiwaNon-Executive Director
2025-02-28Mr. Hein SchumacherExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2025-04-01Mr. Fernando FernandezExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer

Unilever PLC Contact Details

Company NameUnilever PLC
AddressPort Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 4ZD
Telephone+44 800010109
Websitehttps://www.unilever.com

Unilever PLC Advisors

Financial PR AdviserTulchan Communications LLP
Phone+44 2073534200
Fax+44 2073534201
Remuneration ConsultantPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Phone+44 205835000
Fax+44 208224652
AuditorKPMG
Phone+44 2073111000
Fax+44 2073113311
AuditorPricewaterhouseCoopers
RegistrarComputershare Investor Services PLC
Phone+44 3707020003
Fax+44 3707036101
StockbrokerDeutsche Bank AG London
Phone+44 2075458000
Fax+44 2075454577
StockbrokerUBS Limited
Phone+44 2075678000
Financial AdviserDeutsche Bank AG London
Phone(020) 7545 8000
Fax(020) 7547 4577
Financial AdviserUBS Limited
Phone+44 2075678000
SolicitorSlaughter and May
Phone+44 2076001200
Fax+44 2070905000
AuditorPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Phone+44 2075835000
Fax+44 2078224652
AuditorCoopers & Lybrand

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