Unilever PLC(UL)Earnings, Financials & Key Ratios

UL•NYSE

$59.70

$130.44B mkt cap·22.2× P/E·Price updated May 6, 2026

SectorConsumer Defensive IndustryHousehold Products Sub-IndustryHousehold Cleaning and Paper Goods

AboutUnilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company. It operates through Beauty & Personal Care, Foods & Refreshment, and Home Care segments. The Beauty & Personal Care segment provides skin care and hair care products, deodorants, and skin cleansing products. The Foods & Refreshment segment offers ice cream, soups, bouillons, seasonings, mayonnaise, ketchups, and tea categories. The Home Care segment provides fabric solutions and various cleaning products. The company offers its products under the Domestos, OMO, Seventh Generation, Ben & Jerry's, Knorr, Magnum, Wall's, Bango, the Vegetarian Butcher, Axe, Cif, Comfort, Dove, Lifebuoy, Lux, Rexona, Sunsilk, Equilibra, OLLY, Liquid I.V., SmartyPants, Onnit, Hellmann's, and Vaseline brands. Unilever PLC was incorporated in 1894 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.Show more

Revenue$60.76B+1.9%
EBITDA$11.16B+3.8%
Net Income$5.74B-11.5%
EPS (Diluted)2.29-10.5%
Gross Margin100%+136.8%
EBITDA Margin18.36%+1.8%
Operating Margin15.47%-5.5%
Net Margin9.45%-13.1%
ROE26.52%-13.2%
ROIC15.28%-5.0%
Debt/Equity1.36-1.3%
Interest Coverage8.41-7.4%

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UL Key Insights

Unilever PLC (UL) fundamental analysis — strengths, weaknesses & financial health based on data analysis

✓Strengths

✓Excellent 3Y average ROE of 31.3%
✓High quality earnings: Operating CF exceeds net income
✓Healthy dividend yield of 3.4%
✓Healthy 5Y average net margin of 11.1%

✗Weaknesses

No significant weaknesses identified

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

UL Price & Volume

Unilever PLC (UL) stock price & volume — 10-year historical chart

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UL Growth Metrics

Unilever PLC (UL) revenue, earnings & EPS growth — 3, 5 & 10-year CAGR

Revenue CAGR

10 Years2.29%

5 Years3.17%

3 Years5.03%

TTM2.48%

Profit CAGR

10 Years1.06%

5 Years0.42%

3 Years-1.71%

TTM-13.62%

EPS CAGR

10 Years2.49%

5 Years1.36%

3 Years-0.43%

TTM-11.78%

Return on Capital

10 Years21.95%

5 Years18.7%

3 Years19.12%

Last Year17.69%

UL Recent Earnings

Unilever PLC (UL) EPS & revenue vs analyst estimates — last 4 quarters

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●Beat EPS 3/12 qtrs (25%)●Beat Revenue 8/12 qtrs (67%)

Q1 2026Latest

Feb 12, 2026

EPS

$1.37

Est $1.75

-21.7%

Revenue

$29.7B

Est $31.4B

-5.4%

Q3 2025

Jul 31, 2025

EPS

$1.67

Est $1.83

-8.7%

Revenue

$35.5B

Est $34.5B

+2.9%

Q1 2025

Feb 13, 2025

EPS

$0.84

Est $1.53

-44.8%

Revenue

$30.7B

Est $31.6B

-2.9%

Q3 2024

Jul 25, 2024

EPS

$1.58

Est $1.67

-5.4%

Revenue

$33.5B

Est $33.8B

-1.0%

Quarter	Date	EPS (Act vs Est)	Revenue (Act vs Est)
Q1 2026Latest	Feb 12, 2026	$1.37vs $1.75-21.7%	$29.7Bvs $31.4B-5.4%
Q3 2025	Jul 31, 2025	$1.67vs $1.83-8.7%	$35.5Bvs $34.5B+2.9%
Q1 2025	Feb 13, 2025	$0.84vs $1.53-44.8%	$30.7Bvs $31.6B-2.9%
Q3 2024	Jul 25, 2024	$1.58vs $1.67-5.4%	$33.5Bvs $33.8B-1.0%

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Company	Market Cap	Stock Price	P/E Ratio (TTM)	Revenue Growth 1Y	Net Margin	Return on Equity (ROE)	Debt / Equity
PGThe Procter & Gamble CompanyDirect Competitor	345.67B	147.93	22.72	0.29%	14.66%	23.78%	0.68
KMBKimberly-Clark CorporationDirect Competitor	32.93B	99.19	16.34	-14.17%	12.81%	131.68%	4.34
CLColgate-Palmolive CompanyDirect Competitor	70.73B	88.16	33.52	1.4%	10.46%	251.59%	21.88
NWLNewell Brands Inc.Direct Competitor	1.97B	4.63	-6.80	-4.99%	-3.91%	-11.1%	2.36
KHCThe Kraft Heinz CompanyProduct Competitor	27.31B	23.07	-4.68	-3.5%	-23.05%	-13.8%	0.51
GISGeneral Mills, Inc.Product Competitor	18.71B	35.07	8.55	-1.87%	12.05%	23.67%	1.66
CPBCampbell Soup CompanyProduct Competitor	6.25B	20.96	10.43	6.4%	5.48%	13.98%	1.85
CHDChurch & Dwight Co., Inc.Product Competitor	22.49B	94.96	31.44	1.57%	11.81%	17.45%	0.55

Compare UL vs Peers

Unilever PLC (UL) vs competitors — business, growth, and fundamentals comparison against the closest industry rivals.

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UL Income Statement

Unilever PLC (UL) annual income statement — 10-year revenue, gross profit & net income history

10Y historyFree accessUpdated daily

Line item	Dec'16	Dec'17	Dec'18	Dec'19	Dec'20	Dec'21	Dec'22	Dec'23	Dec'24	TTM
Sales/Revenue	52.71B	53.72B	50.98B	51.98B	50.72B	52.44B	60.07B	59.6B	60.76B	120.06B
Revenue Growth %	-1.05%	1.9%	-5.09%	1.96%	-2.42%	3.39%	14.55%	-0.78%	1.94%	2.48%
Cost of Goods Sold	30.23B	30.48B	28.7B	29.1B	28.68B	30.26B	35.91B	34.43B	0	34.43B
COGS % of Revenue	57.35%	56.75%	56.3%	55.99%	56.55%	57.7%	59.77%	57.76%	-	-
Gross Profit	22.48B▲ 0%	23.23B▲ 3.3%	22.28B▼ 4.1%	22.88B▲ 2.7%	22.04B▼ 3.7%	22.18B▲ 0.7%	24.17B▲ 8.9%	25.18B▲ 4.2%	60.76B▲ 141.4%	85.64B▲ 0%
Gross Margin %	42.65%	43.25%	43.7%	44.01%	43.45%	42.3%	40.23%	42.24%	100%	71.32%
Gross Profit Growth %	0.09%	3.32%	-4.1%	2.69%	-3.66%	0.66%	8.93%	4.17%	141.35%	-
Operating Expenses	14.68B	14.27B	9.64B	14.17B	13.74B	13.48B	13.41B	15.42B	51.36B	66.68B
OpEx % of Revenue	27.85%	26.57%	18.91%	27.26%	27.08%	25.71%	22.33%	25.87%	84.53%	-
Selling, General & Admin	13.8B	12.93B	11.94B	12.12B	11.88B	12.56B	14.44B	15.13B	71M	15.31B
SG&A % of Revenue	26.18%	24.07%	23.42%	23.32%	23.42%	23.95%	24.04%	25.39%	0.12%	-
Research & Development	978M	900M	900M	840M	800M	847M	908M	949M	0	949M
R&D % of Revenue	1.86%	1.68%	1.77%	1.62%	1.58%	1.62%	1.51%	1.59%	-	-
Other Operating Expenses	-94M	447M	-3.2B	1.21B	1.05B	77M	-1.94B	-666M	51.29B	2M
Operating Income	7.8B▲ 0%	8.96B▲ 14.8%	12.64B▲ 41.1%	8.71B▼ 31.1%	8.3B▼ 4.7%	8.7B▲ 4.8%	10.76B▲ 23.6%	9.76B▼ 9.3%	9.4B▼ 3.7%	18.96B▲ 0%
Operating Margin %	14.8%	16.68%	24.79%	16.75%	16.37%	16.59%	17.9%	16.37%	15.47%	15.79%
Operating Income Growth %	3.81%	14.82%	41.11%	-31.1%	-4.65%	4.81%	23.59%	-9.27%	-3.67%	-
EBITDA	9.27B	10.49B	14.65B	10.67B	10.32B	10.45B	11.82B	10.75B	11.16B	21.75B
EBITDA Margin %	17.58%	19.54%	28.73%	20.53%	20.35%	19.92%	19.68%	18.03%	18.36%	18.11%
EBITDA Growth %	4.28%	13.28%	39.56%	-27.14%	-3.29%	1.23%	13.17%	-9.1%	3.81%	-3.87%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)	1.46B	1.54B	2.01B	1.96B	2.02B	1.75B	1.07B	990M	1.76B	2.79B
EBIT	7.71B	9.4B	9.33B	9.92B	9.36B	9.64B	9.51B	10.12B	11.25B	21.77B
Net Interest Income	-353M	-521M	-596M	-539M	-471M	-361M	-508M	-633M	-680M	-1.36B
Interest Income	353M	521M	135M	224M	232M	147M	281M	442M	438M	133M
Interest Expense	568M	565M	731M	763M	703M	498M	789M	1.07B	1.12B	1.04B
Other Income/Expense	-332M	-831M	-279M	-419M	-307M	-146M	-418M	-419M	-531M	-923M
Pretax Income	7.47B▲ 0%	8.13B▲ 8.8%	12.36B▲ 52.1%	8.29B▼ 32.9%	8B▼ 3.5%	8.56B▲ 7.0%	10.34B▲ 20.8%	9.34B▼ 9.7%	8.87B▼ 5.0%	18.03B▲ 0%
Pretax Margin %	14.17%	15.13%	24.24%	15.95%	15.76%	16.31%	17.21%	15.67%	14.6%	15.02%
Income Tax	1.92B	1.67B	2.57B	2.26B	1.92B	1.94B	2.07B	2.2B	2.5B	4.6B
Effective Tax Rate %	25.73%	20.55%	20.81%	27.3%	24.05%	22.62%	20.01%	23.55%	28.19%	25.49%
Net Income	5.18B▲ 0%	6.02B▲ 16.2%	9.37B▲ 55.6%	5.63B▼ 40.0%	5.58B▼ 0.8%	6.05B▲ 8.4%	7.64B▲ 26.3%	6.49B▼ 15.1%	5.74B▼ 11.5%	12.2B▲ 0%
Net Margin %	9.83%	11.21%	18.38%	10.82%	11%	11.53%	12.72%	10.88%	9.45%	10.16%
Net Income Growth %	5.6%	16.18%	55.55%	-39.96%	-0.78%	8.39%	26.33%	-15.11%	-11.45%	-13.62%
Net Income (Continuing)	5.55B	6.46B	9.79B	6.03B	6.07B	6.62B	8.27B	7.14B	6.37B	13.44B
Discontinued Operations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minority Interest	626M	758M	720M	694M	2.39B	2.64B	2.68B	2.66B	2.56B	2.14B
EPS (Diluted)	1.82▲ 0%	2.14▲ 17.6%	3.48▲ 62.6%	2.14▼ 38.5%	2.12▼ 0.9%	2.32▲ 9.4%	2.99▲ 28.9%	2.56▼ 14.4%	2.29▼ 10.5%	4.93▲ 0%
EPS Growth %	5.81%	17.58%	62.62%	-38.51%	-0.93%	9.43%	28.88%	-14.38%	-10.55%	-11.78%
EPS (Basic)	1.83	2.15	3.48	2.15	2.13	2.33	3.00	2.58	2.30	-
Diluted Shares Outstanding	2.85B	2.81B	2.69B	2.63B	2.63B	2.61B	2.56B	2.53B	2.51B	2.47B
Basic Shares Outstanding	2.85B	2.81B	2.69B	2.63B	2.63B	2.61B	2.56B	2.53B	2.51B	2.47B
Dividend Payout Ratio	69.62%	65.02%	43.4%	74.83%	76.67%	74.11%	56.65%	67.26%	75.19%	-

UL Balance Sheet

Unilever PLC (UL) balance sheet — assets, liabilities & shareholders' equity

Line item	Dec'16	Dec'17	Dec'18	Dec'19	Dec'20	Dec'21	Dec'22	Dec'23	Dec'24	TTM
Total Current Assets	13.88B	16.98B	15.48B	16.43B	16.16B	17.4B	19.16B	17.9B	19.19B	19.19B
Cash & Short-Term Investments	3.98B	4.09B	4.1B	5.09B	6.3B	4.5B	5.52B	6.11B	7.63B	5.31B
Cash Only	3.38B	3.32B	3.23B	4.18B	5.55B	3.42B	4.33B	4.16B	6.14B	4.34B
Short-Term Investments	599M	770M	874M	907M	749M	1.08B	1.2B	1.73B	1.49B	966M
Accounts Receivable	5.31B	5.22B	6.95B	6.7B	3.43B	4.47B	4.54B	4.94B	5.12B	7.69B
Days Sales Outstanding	36.77	35.46	49.79	47.01	24.7	31.11	27.61	30.24	30.74	19.51
Inventory	4.28B	3.96B	4.3B	4.16B	4.46B	4.68B	5.93B	5.12B	5.18B	5.5B
Days Inventory Outstanding	51.65	47.44	54.69	52.23	56.78	56.49	60.29	54.27	-	56.76
Other Current Assets	5.92B	7.99B	7.27B	7.59B	7.28B	3.26B	10.62B	1.74B	689M	687M
Total Non-Current Assets	42.55B	43.3B	43.98B	48.38B	51.5B	57.69B	58.66B	57.36B	60.56B	56.81B
Property, Plant & Equipment	11.67B	10.41B	10.35B	12.06B	10.56B	10.35B	10.77B	10.7B	11.67B	10.94B
Fixed Asset Turnover	4.52x	5.16x	4.93x	4.31x	4.80x	5.07x	5.58x	5.57x	5.21x	10.81x
Goodwill	17.62B	16.88B	17.34B	18.07B	18.94B	20.33B	21.61B	21.11B	22.31B	20.61B
Intangible Assets	9.81B	11.52B	12.15B	12.96B	16B	18.26B	18.88B	18.36B	18.59B	17.43B
Long-Term Investments	270M	188M	-232M	-33M	5M	-91M	-293M	1.87B	618M	5.18B
Other Non-Current Assets	1.81B	3.22B	3.25B	3.98B	4.52B	7.38B	6.65B	4.21B	6.71B	22.32B
Total Assets	56.43B▲ 0%	60.28B▲ 6.8%	59.46B▼ 1.4%	64.81B▲ 9.0%	67.66B▲ 4.4%	75.09B▲ 11.0%	77.82B▲ 3.6%	75.27B▼ 3.3%	79.75B▲ 6.0%	76B▲ 0%
Asset Turnover	0.93x	0.89x	0.86x	0.80x	0.75x	0.70x	0.77x	0.79x	0.76x	1.55x
Asset Growth %	7.9%	6.83%	-1.38%	9%	4.4%	10.99%	3.63%	-3.28%	5.96%	-0.31%
Total Current Liabilities	20.56B	23.18B	19.77B	20.98B	20.59B	24.78B	25.43B	23.51B	25.23B	25.1B
Accounts Payable	8.59B	8.22B	9.12B	9.19B	8.38B	8.9B	11.1B	10.36B	10.26B	16.3B
Days Payables Outstanding	103.73	98.39	115.99	115.26	106.57	107.31	112.84	109.78	-	143.44
Short-Term Debt	5.27B	7.69B	2.95B	4.07B	3.91B	6.7B	5.23B	4.57B	5.88B	7.16B
Deferred Revenue (Current)	-5.46B	1.76B	0	1.48B	0	2.81B	0	0	0	850.5M
Other Current Liabilities	4.37B	4.65B	4.27B	3.57B	365M	-1.72B	6.27B	6.12B	2.4B	744M
Current Ratio	0.68x	0.73x	0.78x	0.78x	0.78x	0.70x	0.75x	0.76x	0.76x	0.76x
Quick Ratio	0.47x	0.56x	0.57x	0.58x	0.57x	0.51x	0.52x	0.54x	0.56x	0.56x
Cash Conversion Cycle	-15.31	-15.48	-11.51	-16.02	-25.09	-19.71	-24.94	-25.27	-	-67.17
Total Non-Current Liabilities	18.89B	22.72B	27.39B	29.94B	29.41B	30.57B	30.69B	31B	31.96B	30.97B
Long-Term Debt	10.93B	16.01B	21.26B	21.82B	21.09B	21.33B	21.8B	22.63B	23.29B	23.35B
Capital Lease Obligations	134M	120M	1.59B	1.54B	1.39B	1.28B	1.07B	1.06B	1.16B	3.75B
Deferred Tax Liabilities	2.06B	1.91B	1.92B	2.57B	3.17B	4.53B	4.38B	4B	4.34B	8.33B
Other Non-Current Liabilities	5.76B	4.68B	2.64B	0	235M	275M	3.45B	3.31B	3.17B	19.22B
Total Liabilities	39.45B	45.9B	47.16B	50.92B	50B	55.35B	56.12B	54.5B	57.2B	56.07B
Total Debt	16.59B	24.43B	24.89B	28.26B	26.77B	29.67B	28.44B	28.59B	30.66B	32.02B
Net Debt	13.21B	21.11B	21.66B	24.07B	21.22B	26.26B	24.11B	24.43B	24.52B	27.68B
Debt / Equity	0.98x	1.70x	2.02x	2.03x	1.52x	1.50x	1.31x	1.38x	1.36x	1.36x
Debt / EBITDA	1.79x	2.33x	1.70x	2.65x	2.59x	2.84x	2.41x	2.66x	2.75x	1.47x
Net Debt / EBITDA	1.43x	2.01x	1.48x	2.26x	2.06x	2.51x	2.04x	2.27x	2.20x	2.20x
Interest Coverage	13.73x	15.85x	17.29x	11.41x	11.81x	17.47x	13.63x	9.08x	8.41x	20.96x
Total Equity	16.98B▲ 0%	14.39B▼ 15.3%	12.29B▼ 14.6%	13.89B▲ 13.0%	17.66B▲ 27.1%	19.75B▲ 11.8%	21.7B▲ 9.9%	20.76B▼ 4.3%	22.55B▲ 8.6%	19.93B▲ 0%
Equity Growth %	5.59%	-15.28%	-14.56%	12.97%	27.14%	11.84%	9.9%	-4.32%	8.63%	-4.09%
Book Value per Share	5.95	5.11	4.56	5.29	6.71	7.57	8.48	8.20	9.00	8.06
Total Shareholders' Equity	16.36B	13.63B	11.57B	13.19B	15.27B	17.11B	19.02B	18.1B	19.99B	17.8B
Common Stock	484M	484M	464M	420M	92M	92M	92M	88M	88M	88M
Retained Earnings	23.18B	26.65B	26.27B	18.21B	22.55B	46.74B	50.25B	47.05B	49.72B	50.7B
Treasury Stock	0	0	0	-703M	0	-3.41B	-4.81B	-6.24B	-2.3B	0
Accumulated OCI	-3.28B	-4.42B	-5.04B	-4.87B	-80.85B	-79.05B	-79.56B	-75.64B	0	-85.84B
Minority Interest	626M	758M	720M	694M	2.39B	2.64B	2.68B	2.66B	2.56B	2.14B

UL Cash Flow Statement

Unilever PLC (UL) cash flow — operating, investing & free cash flow history

Line item	Dec'16	Dec'17	Dec'18	Dec'19	Dec'20	Dec'21	Dec'22	Dec'23	Dec'24	TTM
Cash from Operations	7.05B	7.88B	7.32B	8.11B	9.06B	7.97B	7.28B	9.43B	9.52B	9.52B
Operating CF Margin %	13.37%	14.67%	14.35%	15.6%	17.86%	15.2%	12.12%	15.81%	15.67%	-
Operating CF Growth %	-3.86%	11.81%	-7.12%	10.81%	11.7%	-11.99%	-8.66%	29.44%	0.99%	12.65%
Net Income	5.18B	6.02B	9.37B	5.63B	5.58B	6.05B	7.64B	6.49B	5.74B	12.2B
Depreciation & Amortization	1.46B	2.02B	2.01B	1.96B	2.02B	1.75B	1.51B	1.58B	1.76B	3.19B
Stock-Based Compensation	198M	284M	196M	151M	108M	161M	177M	212M	324M	539M
Deferred Taxes	0	0	0	294.06M	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Non-Cash Items	-131M	157M	-2.49B	206.94M	813M	63M	-1.62B	335M	2.1B	3.06B
Working Capital Changes	332M	-610M	-1.77B	-132M	538M	-47M	-422M	814M	-404M	-1.12B
Change in Receivables	142M	-506M	-1.3B	-445M	1.13B	-307M	-1.85B	768M	-206M	-1.76B
Change in Inventory	190M	-104M	-471M	313M	-587M	-458M	-1.4B	340M	-198M	-691M
Change in Payables	0	0	0	127.36M	0	733.88M	2.73B	0	0	471.07M
Cash from Investing	-3.19B	-5.88B	4.64B	-2.24B	-1.48B	-3.25B	2.45B	-2.29B	-625M	-3.37B
Capital Expenditures	-1.8B	-1.51B	-1.33B	-1.32B	-863M	-1.11B	-1.46B	-1.5B	-1.74B	-3.46B
CapEx % of Revenue	3.42%	2.81%	2.61%	2.53%	1.7%	2.11%	2.42%	2.52%	2.86%	-
Acquisitions	-1.73B	-4.9B	-1.34B	-1.12B	-1.39B	-2.09B	3.64B	-268M	190M	-2.31B
Investments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other Investing	347M	526M	7.31B	380.13M	160M	198.97M	290.21M	305M	923M	2.51B
Cash from Financing	-3.07B	-2.02B	-12.11B	-4.67B	-5.8B	-7.1B	-8.89B	-7.19B	-6.94B	-14.59B
Debt Issued (Net)	1.81B	8.94B	-25M	1.34B	262M	656M	-1.21B	497M	643M	-22M
Equity Issued (Net)	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	0	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-1000K	-4M
Dividends Paid	-3.61B	-3.92B	-4.07B	-4.36B	-4.28B	-4.48B	-4.33B	-4.36B	-4.32B	-8.69B
Share Repurchases	-257M	-5.22B	-6.28B	-201M	0	-3.02B	-1.51B	-1.51B	-1.51B	-3.77B
Other Financing	-1.01B	-1.38B	-1.75B	-1.44B	-1.79B	-254M	-1.84B	-1.82B	-1.76B	-2.1B
Net Change in Cash	1.07B▲ 0%	-29M▼ 102.7%	-79M▼ 172.4%	1.03B▲ 1398.7%	1.36B▲ 32.5%	-2.09B▼ 253.6%	838M▲ 140.1%	-180M▼ 121.5%	1.91B▲ 1158.3%	3.44B▲ 0%
Free Cash Flow	5.24B▲ 0%	6.37B▲ 21.5%	5.99B▼ 6.0%	6.79B▲ 13.4%	8.2B▲ 20.6%	6.86B▼ 16.2%	5.83B▼ 15.1%	7.92B▲ 36.0%	7.78B▼ 1.8%	14.47B▲ 0%
FCF Margin %	9.95%	11.86%	11.75%	13.07%	16.16%	13.09%	9.7%	13.29%	12.81%	12.05%
FCF Growth %	-4.03%	21.5%	-5.98%	13.42%	20.64%	-16.24%	-15.12%	36.01%	-1.8%	12.02%
FCF per Share	1.84	2.26	2.22	2.59	3.12	2.63	2.28	3.13	3.10	3.10
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)	1.36x	1.31x	0.78x	1.44x	1.62x	1.32x	0.95x	1.45x	1.66x	1.19x
Interest Paid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08B	1.1B
Taxes Paid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

UL Key Ratios

Unilever PLC (UL) financial ratios — P/E, ROE, debt and 30+ core market and balance-sheet ratios

Metric	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	TTM
Return on Equity (ROE)	31.36%	38.4%	70.23%	42.98%	35.39%	32.35%	36.88%	30.55%	26.52%	61.19%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	20.2%	20.45%	27.3%	18.17%	16.21%	15.38%	17.57%	16.08%	15.28%	15.28%
Gross Margin	42.65%	43.25%	43.7%	44.01%	43.45%	42.3%	40.23%	42.24%	100%	71.32%
Net Margin	9.83%	11.21%	18.38%	10.82%	11%	11.53%	12.72%	10.88%	9.45%	10.16%
Debt / Equity	0.98x	1.70x	2.02x	2.03x	1.52x	1.50x	1.31x	1.38x	1.36x	1.36x
Interest Coverage	13.73x	15.85x	17.29x	11.41x	11.81x	17.47x	13.63x	9.08x	8.41x	20.96x
FCF Conversion	1.36x	1.31x	0.78x	1.44x	1.62x	1.32x	0.95x	1.45x	1.66x	1.19x
Revenue Growth	-1.05%	1.9%	-5.09%	1.96%	-2.42%	3.39%	14.55%	-0.78%	1.94%	2.48%

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Unilever PLC (UL) reported $120.06B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 216% increase from $37.98B in 1995.

Unilever PLC (UL) grew revenue by 1.9% over the past year. Growth has been modest.

Yes, Unilever PLC (UL) is profitable, generating $12.20B in net income for fiscal year 2024 (9.5% net margin).

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Yes, Unilever PLC (UL) pays a dividend with a yield of 3.39%. This makes it attractive for income-focused investors.

Unilever PLC (UL) has a return on equity (ROE) of 26.5%. This is excellent, indicating efficient use of shareholder capital.

Unilever PLC (UL) generated $14.47B in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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