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Unilever PLC Fundamentals

Company NameUnilever PLCLast Updated2024-03-28
IndustryHousehold & Personal ProductsSectorConsumer Defensive
Shares in Issue2.505 bnMarket Cap£99.61 bn
PE Ratio18.04Dividend per Share€1.73
Dividend Yield3.75Dividend Cover1.48
EPS€2.56EPS Growth (%)-0.01
PEG14.97DPS Growth (%)0.0098
Debt Ratio0.3799Debt Equity Ratio1.3088
Asset Equity Ratio3.6248Cash Equity Ratio0.2942
Quick Ratio0.4699Current Ratio0.76
Price To Book Value6.3939ROCE0

Unilever PLC Dividends

TypeEx-DatePay DateCurrencyNet DividendYear Total
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
Prelim2022-02-242022-03-22GBP0.3602
Interim2021-11-042021-12-01GBP0.3598
Interim2021-08-052021-09-08GBP0.3693
Interim2021-05-202021-06-10GBP0.3710

Unilever PLC Company Financials

Assets202320222021
Tangible Assets€10.71 bn€10.77 bn€10.35 bn
Intangible Assets€39.47 bn€40.49 bn€38.59 bn
Investments€1.41 bn€1.19 bn€1.05 bn
Total Fixed Assets€57.36 bn€58.66 bn€57.69 bn
Stocks€5.12 bn€5.93 bn€4.68 bn
Debtors€4.94 bn€5.99 bn€4.47 bn
Cash & Equivalents€6.11 bn€5.84 bn€4.85 bn
Other Assets€5.79 bn€6.22 bn€7.71 bn
Total Assets€75.27 bn€77.82 bn€75.09 bn
Liabilities202320222021
Creditors within 1 year€23.51 bn€25.43 bn€24.78 bn
Creditors after 1 year€31.00 bn€30.69 bn€30.57 bn
Other Liabilities€175.00 m€4.00 m€820.00 m
Total Liabilities€54.50 bn€56.12 bn€55.35 bn
Net assets€20.76 bn€21.70 bn€19.75 bn
Equity202320222021
Called up share capital€88.00 m€92.00 m€92.00 m
Share Premium€52.87 bn€52.87 bn€52.87 bn
Profit / Loss€9.34 bn€10.34 bn€8.56 bn
Other Equity€18.10 bn€19.02 bn€17.11 bn
Preference & Minorities€2.66 bn€2.68 bn€2.64 bn
Total Capital Employed€20.76 bn€21.70 bn€19.75 bn
Ratios202320222021
Debt Ratio€0.57€0.55€0.57
Debt-to-Equity€1.31€1.20€1.32
Assets / Equity3.62483.62483.6248
Cash / Equity0.29420.29420.2942
EPS€2.65€2.68€2.65
Cash Flow202320222021
Cash from operating activities€9.43 bn€7.28 bn€7.97 bn
Cashflow before financing€2.23 bn-€1.61 bn€873.00 m
Increase in Cash-€61.00 m€845.00 m-€2.37 bn
Income202320222021
Turnover€59.60 bn€60.07 bn€52.44 bn
Cost of sales€34.43 bn€35.91 bn€30.26 bn
Gross Profit€25.18 bn€24.17 bn€22.18 bn
Operating Profit€9.76 bn€10.76 bn€8.70 bn
Pre-Tax profit€9.34 bn€10.34 bn€8.56 bn

Unilever PLC Company Background

SectorConsumer Defensive
ActivitiesUnilever is a diversified personal-care (52% of 2022 sales by value), homecare (14%), and packaged food (34%) company. Its brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Axe and Dove skin products, and the 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 2023
Latest Fiscal Year End Date8 Feb 2024

Unilever PLC Directors

AppointedNamePosition
2018-05-03Ms. Ann M. FudgeNon-Executive Director,Vice Chairman
2024-03-15Mr. 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
2024-03-15Ms. Andrea JungNon-Executive Director,Vice Chair and Senior Independent Director
2024-03-15Professor Dr. Youngme E. Moon, PhDNon-Executive Director
2015-10-01Mr. Jean-Marc HuetExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2024-03-15Mr. 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
2024-03-15Mr. 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
2024-03-15Ms. Susan Saltzbart KilsbyNon-Executive Director
2024-03-15Mr. Nils Smedegaard AndersenNon-Executive Director
2023-10-31Mr. Feike SijbesmaNon-Executive Director
2024-03-15Mr. Alan Jope Executive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2024-03-15Dr. Judith HartmannNon-Executive Director
2023-12-29Mr. Graeme PitkethlyExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2024-03-15Mr. Strive MasiyiwaNon-Executive Director
2024-03-26Mr. Hein SchumacherExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2024-03-26Mr. Fernando FernandezExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer

Unilever PLC Contact Details

Company NameUnilever PLC
AddressPort Sunlight, Wirral, Merseyside, CH62 4ZD
Telephone+44 2078225252
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