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Unilever PLC

UL

NYSEConsumer DefensiveHousehold & Personal Products

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$64.14

+$0.74 · +1.17%

Aug 21, 4:00 PM ET

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Jul 10, 2026

GoAI score

Hold

Wait — insufficient conviction to act

Valuation

63

Undervalued

Momentum

45

Neutral

Sentiment

50

Mixed

Risk resilience

77

Moderate Risk

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Company profile

Company website

Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through four segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment offers hair care, such as shampoo, conditioner, and styling; face, hand, and body moisturizer skin care products; and Prestige Beauty and Wellbeing products. The Personal Care segment provides soap and shower skin cleansing products; and deodorant and oral care, including toothpaste, toothbrush, and mouthwash products. The Home Care segment offers washing powders and liquids, and rinse conditioner fabric care products; and a range of home and hygiene cleaning products. The Foods segment provides cooking aids and mini meals comprising soups, bouillons, and seasonings, as well as mayonnaise and ketchup condiments; and Unilever food solutions. The company provides its products under the AXE, Clear, Cif, Closeup, Comfort, Dermalogica, Domestos, Dove, Dove Men+Care, Hellmann's, Horlicks, Knorr, LUX, Lifebuoy, Liquid I.V., Nexxus, Nutrafol, OMO, Pond's, Paula's Choice, Pepsodent, Radiant, Rexona, Sunlight, Sunsilk, Surf, TRESemmé, and Vaseline brand names. Unilever PLC was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Industry
Household & Personal Products
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Headquarters
GB
CEO
Fernando Fernandez
Listed since
Mar 25, 1980
Employees
96,092

Market position

Day range

Current $64.14

52-week range

Current $64.14

Open
$63.02
Previous close
$63.40
Volume
2.64M
0.63× average
Average volume
4.2M
Average daily volume
Market cap
138.18B USD
Beta
0.45
Market reference 1
50-day average
$61.6974
+3.96% above average
200-day average
$63.2451
+1.41% above average

Financials

Financial snapshot

Latest / TTM

Valuation & yield

Enterprise value
147.22B EUR
EV / EBITDA
12.78×
Earnings yield
7.79%
Free cash flow yield
5.70%

Profitability & efficiency

Return on equity
61.00%
Return on assets
13.44%
Return on invested capital
12.57%

Financial health

Current ratio
0.79×
Altman Z-score
4.18
Piotroski F-score
6 of 9

Financial statements

Margin trends

Profitability as a percentage of reported revenue.

Gross marginOperating marginNet margin
Gross, operating, and net margin trends109%73%37%0%Gross margin, FY2021: 42.30%Gross margin, FY2022: 40.23%Gross margin, FY2023: 42.24%Gross margin, FY2024: 100.00%Gross margin, FY2025: 100.00%Operating margin, FY2021: 16.59%Operating margin, FY2022: 17.90%Operating margin, FY2023: 16.37%Operating margin, FY2024: 15.47%Operating margin, FY2025: 17.89%Net margin, FY2021: 11.53%Net margin, FY2022: 12.72%Net margin, FY2023: 10.88%Net margin, FY2024: 9.45%Net margin, FY2025: 18.75%FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Gross margin FY2021 42.30%. Gross margin FY2022 40.23%. Gross margin FY2023 42.24%. Gross margin FY2024 100.00%. Gross margin FY2025 100.00%. Operating margin FY2021 16.59%. Operating margin FY2022 17.90%. Operating margin FY2023 16.37%. Operating margin FY2024 15.47%. Operating margin FY2025 17.89%. Net margin FY2021 11.53%. Net margin FY2022 12.72%. Net margin FY2023 10.88%. Net margin FY2024 9.45%. Net margin FY2025 18.75%.

Income trends

Revenue

50.5B EUR-16.88%

Operating income

9.04B EUR-3.86%

Net income

9.47B EUR+64.85%
Income trends across reported periods66.26B EUR44.26B EUR22.25B EUR242.3M EURRevenue, FY2021: 52.44B EURRevenue, FY2022: 60.07B EURRevenue, FY2023: 59.6B EURRevenue, FY2024: 60.76B EURRevenue, FY2025: 50.5B EUROperating income, FY2021: 8.7B EUROperating income, FY2022: 10.76B EUROperating income, FY2023: 9.76B EUROperating income, FY2024: 9.4B EUROperating income, FY2025: 9.04B EURNet income, FY2021: 6.05B EURNet income, FY2022: 7.64B EURNet income, FY2023: 6.49B EURNet income, FY2024: 5.74B EURNet income, FY2025: 9.47B EURFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue FY2021 52.44B EUR. Revenue FY2022 60.07B EUR. Revenue FY2023 59.6B EUR. Revenue FY2024 60.76B EUR. Revenue FY2025 50.5B EUR. Operating income FY2021 8.7B EUR. Operating income FY2022 10.76B EUR. Operating income FY2023 9.76B EUR. Operating income FY2024 9.4B EUR. Operating income FY2025 9.04B EUR. Net income FY2021 6.05B EUR. Net income FY2022 7.64B EUR. Net income FY2023 6.49B EUR. Net income FY2024 5.74B EUR. Net income FY2025 9.47B EUR.
Metric (EUR)FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue50.5B EUR60.76B EUR59.6B EUR60.07B EUR52.44B EUR
Cost of goods sold26.79B EUR34.43B EUR35.91B EUR30.26B EUR
Gross profit50.5B EUR60.76B EUR25.18B EUR24.17B EUR22.19B EUR
Research and development949M EUR908M EUR847M EUR
Selling, general, and administrative13.62B EUR71M EUR15.13B EUR14.44B EUR12.56B EUR
Operating expenses13.58B EUR51.36B EUR15.42B EUR13.41B EUR13.48B EUR
Interest income382.29M EUR438M EUR442M EUR281M EUR147M EUR
Interest expense983.59M EUR1.12B EUR1.08B EUR789M EUR498M EUR
Depreciation and amortization1.31B EUR1.76B EUR990M EUR1.07B EUR1.75B EUR
Operating income9.04B EUR9.4B EUR9.76B EUR10.76B EUR8.7B EUR
Net income9.47B EUR5.74B EUR6.49B EUR7.64B EUR6.05B EUR

Company facts updated Aug 24, 2026.

Earnings

EPS beat rate
36%
4 beats, 7 misses, 0 met estimates
Average EPS surprise
-3.85%
11 comparable reports
Latest EPS result
1.66
Estimate 1.84 · Miss by 9.78%

EPS: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly EPS actual values compared with estimates1.981.581.170.76Q3 '23BeatQ1 '24MissQ3 '24MissQ1 '25MissQ3 '25MissQ1 '26MissQ3 '26MissQ1 '27Estimate
Q3 2023, reported Jul 25, 2023: actual 1.53, estimate 1.49, surprise +2.68%, Beat. Q1 2024, reported Feb 8, 2024: actual 1.28, estimate 1.41, surprise -9.22%, Miss. Q3 2024, reported Jul 25, 2024: actual 1.58, estimate 1.67, surprise -5.39%, Miss. Q1 2025, reported Feb 13, 2025: actual 0.845, estimate 1.53, surprise -44.77%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Jul 31, 2025: actual 1.67, estimate 1.83, surprise -8.74%, Miss. Q1 2026, reported Feb 12, 2026: actual 1.37, estimate 1.75, surprise -21.71%, Miss. Q3 2026, reported Jul 28, 2026: actual 1.66, estimate 1.84, surprise -9.78%, Miss. Q1 2027, reported Feb 11, 2027: actual —, estimate 1.9, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Revenue: actual versus estimate

Recent quarterly results

ActualEstimate
Quarterly Revenue actual values compared with estimates36.89B33.83B30.78B27.72BQ3 '23BeatQ1 '24BeatQ3 '24MissQ1 '25MissQ3 '25BeatQ1 '26MissQ3 '26MissQ1 '27Estimate
Q3 2023, reported Jul 25, 2023: actual 33.19B USD, estimate 32.87B USD, surprise +1.00%, Beat. Q1 2024, reported Feb 8, 2024: actual 32.09B USD, estimate 30.05B USD, surprise +6.78%, Beat. Q3 2024, reported Jul 25, 2024: actual 33.46B USD, estimate 33.81B USD, surprise -1.04%, Miss. Q1 2025, reported Feb 13, 2025: actual 30.7B USD, estimate 31.63B USD, surprise -2.94%, Miss. Q3 2025, reported Jul 31, 2025: actual 35.47B USD, estimate 34.49B USD, surprise +2.86%, Beat. Q1 2026, reported Feb 12, 2026: actual 29.71B USD, estimate 31.39B USD, surprise -5.37%, Miss. Q3 2026, reported Jul 28, 2026: actual 29.14B USD, estimate 29.39B USD, surprise -0.85%, Miss. Q1 2027, reported Feb 11, 2027: actual —, estimate 30.11B USD, surprise —, Comparison unavailable.

Analyst ratings

Third-party consensus; not a GoAI recommendation.

Analyst price target

Average target

$66.08

3.02% upside
Past 12 months12-month forecastHigh $81.0811Average $66.08Low $39.4144

Rating distribution

37 ratings
Strong buy00%
Buy924%
Hold1951%
Sell924%
Strong sell00%

Recent analyst actions

10 institutions
KeplerdowngradeBuyHold
Deutsche BankdowngradeBuyHold
Exane BNP ParibasdowngradeOutperformNeutral
Erste GroupdowngradeBuyHold
B of A SecuritiesupgradeUnderperformBuy
JP MorganupgradeUnderweightOverweight

UL news

Corporate actions

Annual dividends per share

Cash distributions grouped by calendar year; partial years are marked.

$2.1991

2025 complete year-3.9% since 2021

2026 partial: $1.6301

* Partial calendar year in the available dividend history.

Corporate action history

Dividend

Ex-dividend Aug 7, 2026

$0.5305

Quarterly

Record Aug 7, 2026 · Payment Sep 18, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend May 15, 2026

$0.5449

Quarterly

Record May 15, 2026 · Payment Jun 26, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Feb 27, 2026

$0.5547

Quarterly

Record Feb 27, 2026 · Payment Apr 10, 2026

Dividend

Ex-dividend Nov 7, 2025

$0.5258

Quarterly

Record Nov 7, 2025 · Payment Dec 5, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend Aug 15, 2025

$0.5225

Quarterly

Record Aug 15, 2025 · Payment Sep 12, 2025

Dividend

Ex-dividend May 16, 2025

$0.5201

Quarterly

Record May 16, 2025 · Payment Jun 13, 2025

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