British multinational consumer goods company producing food, beverages, cleaning agents, and personal care products with global brands like Dove and Lipton.
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Unilever: Company identity, ownership, reported financial performance, balance sheets, and corporate actions.
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Company and Market Context
Company Profile & Ownership
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.
Company profile record
Unilever PLC
Common Stock · Consumer Staples · Personal Care Products
Company
- Company / asset
- Unilever PLC
- Security type
- Common Stock
- Sector
- Consumer Staples
- Industry
- Personal Care Products
- HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Head office
- Unilever House, London, United Kingdom, EC4Y 0DY
Leadership & scale
- Chief executive
- Mr. Fernando Fernandez
- CEO year born
- 1966
- Full-time employees
- 93.7K
- Fiscal year end
- December
Fundamentals snapshot
- Market Cap
- GBP 99.8B
- P/E
- 12.0x
- Revenue (Q2 26)
- EUR 25.6B
- Profit (Q2 26)
- EUR 3.3B
- Dividend Yield
- 3.5%
- Revenue (FY 25)
- EUR 50.5B
- Shares in public float
- 2.1B
- Insider ownership
- 2.44%
Reporting & identifiers
- Symbol
- ULVR.LSE
- Listing
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Dividend Tax: 0%
- Ticker Currency
- GBX
- Income Statement Currency
- EUR
- Balance Sheet Currency
- EUR
- Cash Flow Currency
- EUR
- EPS Currency
- EUR
- Contract Type
- SPOT
- ISIN
- GB00B10RZP78
- Asset ID
- equity_b5f4e368-91bd-55bb-966e-5e9f31b8ab8d
Ownership
Shares Outstanding
Latest: 2.2B | Max: 3.5B | Min: 2.2B
Latest reported ownership snapshot
As of Oct 1, 2026Float Shares
97.88%
2.1B latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
2.44%
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
15.84%
Latest reported short interest / float
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Shares Outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.
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| Reporting date | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 3,462,353,000 |
| 2018-01-01 | 2,634,854,800 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2,335,822,000 |
| 2020-01-01 | 2,339,911,000 |
| 2021-01-01 | 2,561,000,000 |
| 2022-01-01 | 2,553,400,000 |
| 2023-01-01 | 2,247,111,100 |
| 2024-01-01 | 2,225,067,000 |
| 2025-01-01 | 2,195,300,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 2,183,200,000 |
Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
The headline drop in 2025 revenue to 50.5 billion euros reflects the planned separation of the ice cream business rather than falling shopper demand. Looking under the surface, core operating profit rose over five percent to 9.9 billion euros as focused management prioritized thirty high-performing brands. Recent results confirm that sales growth is being driven by healthy volume gains across personal wash and beauty rather than inflationary price hikes. While temporary separation charges and currency fluctuations weigh on reported bottom-line profits, underlying cash generation remains robust, establishing dependable recurring earnings power as corporate simplification proceeds.
The headline drop in 2025 revenue to 50.5 billion euros reflects the planned separation of the ice cream business rather than falling shopper demand. Looking under the surface, core operating profit rose over five percent to 9.9 billion euros as focused management prioritized thirty high-performing brands. Recent results confirm that sales growth is being driven by healthy volume gains across personal wash and beauty rather than inflationary price hikes. While temporary separation charges and currency fluctuations weigh on reported bottom-line profits, underlying cash generation remains robust, establishing dependable recurring earnings power as corporate simplification proceeds.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: EUR 50.5B | Max: EUR 60.8B | Min: EUR 5.2B
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: 13x
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
Profitability has expanded structurally as management eliminates lower-margin, seasonal businesses. Gross margin climbed to 46.9 percent in 2025, while underlying operating margin reached 20.0 percent, supported by early completion of an eight-hundred-million-euro operational productivity program. This margin expansion reflects lasting operational improvements rather than temporary pricing tricks. Concentrating sales behind thirty premium Power Brands provides strong consumer pricing power against packaging and commodity inflation. By combining cost efficiencies with a richer product mix in personal care, the business protects operating margins and ensures durable through-cycle cash generation.
Profitability has expanded structurally as management eliminates lower-margin, seasonal businesses. Gross margin climbed to 46.9 percent in 2025, while underlying operating margin reached 20.0 percent, supported by early completion of an eight-hundred-million-euro operational productivity program. This margin expansion reflects lasting operational improvements rather than temporary pricing tricks. Concentrating sales behind thirty premium Power Brands provides strong consumer pricing power against packaging and commodity inflation. By combining cost efficiencies with a richer product mix in personal care, the business protects operating margins and ensures durable through-cycle cash generation.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 46.9% | Max: 46.9% | Min: 9.5%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2025-12-31
Gross Margin
46.9%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
19.6%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
11.9%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
12.7%
Free cash flow / revenue
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Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.
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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 55,875,780,000 | 5,495,040,000 | 5,479,140,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 63,920,850,000 | 7,203,070,000 | 6,748,490,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 58,119,480,000 | 10,703,460,000 | 6,075,060,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 58,217,600,000 | 6,300,000,000 | 7,481,600,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 61,883,280,000 | 6,808,820,000 | 9,913,720,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 59,786,160,000 | 6,895,860,000 | 7,675,620,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 64,278,110,000 | 8,176,940,000 | 6,050,850,000 |
| 2023-12-31 | 65,564,400,000 | 7,135,700,000 | 8,449,100,000 |
| 2024-12-31 | 63,191,440,000 | 5,973,760,000 | 7,849,920,000 |
| 2025-12-31 | 59,088,510,000 | 7,003,542,780 | 7,479,177,030 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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| Period end | P/E (times earnings) | Earnings basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 12.89 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2024-12-31 | 11.18 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2023-12-31 | 16.06 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2022-12-31 | 15.8 | Annual net income |
| 2021-12-31 | 19.78 | Annual net income |
Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | 42.65 | 14.8 | 9.83 | 9.81 |
| 2017-12-31 | 43.13 | 16.49 | 11.27 | 10.56 |
| 2018-12-31 | 43.57 | 24.59 | 18.42 | 10.45 |
| 2019-12-31 | 44.01 | 16.75 | 10.82 | 12.85 |
| 2020-12-31 | 43.45 | 16.37 | 11 | 16.02 |
| 2021-12-31 | 42.3 | 16.59 | 11.53 | 12.84 |
| 2022-12-31 | 40.23 | 17.9 | 12.72 | 9.41 |
| 2023-12-31 | 42.24 | 16.37 | 10.88 | 12.89 |
| 2024-12-31 | 45.05 | 15.47 | 9.45 | 12.42 |
| 2025-12-31 | 46.95 | 19.61 | 11.85 | 12.66 |
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