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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.

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Unilever PLC

Common Stock · Consumer Staples · Personal Care Products

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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

Updated 2026-09-07

Market Cap: GBP 102.5B
P/E: 12.3x
Revenue (Q2 26): EUR 25.6B
Profit (Q2 26): EUR 3.3B
Dividend Yield: 3.4%
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

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Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

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Recent financial results show a large drop in headline revenue, but this is actually a planned result of selling off the ice cream business rather than a sign of weakness. Underneath this change, the core business is highly profitable, with net income rising and underlying sales growing steadily. The company generates massive free cash flow, which acts as a strong shield during tough economic times. While some reports express concern that cutting research and development spending could hurt long-term growth, most agree that the shift toward a higher-margin beauty and personal care model will permanently improve the quality of earnings. Going forward, investors should expect more stable, higher-quality profits as the company completes its transition away from slower-growing food segments.

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Profitability & Margins

AI Review

Profit margins are experiencing a permanent upward shift, with gross margins climbing past forty-six percent and operating margins nearing twenty percent. This impressive profitability is driven by the deliberate removal of lower-margin food and ice cream divisions, shifting the focus to highly profitable beauty products. While expensive packaging and shipping costs from global supply chain disruptions present temporary challenges, the company's strong brands give it the pricing power needed to pass these costs onto consumers. Some reports debate whether consumers will eventually resist these price hikes and switch to cheaper store brands, but the general consensus is that the new, streamlined business model will sustain structurally higher margins, making the stock look highly undervalued at its current price.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-12-31	55,875,780,000	5,479,140,000	5,495,040,000	42.65	14.8	9.83	9.81
2017-12-31	63,920,850,000	6,748,490,000	7,203,070,000	43.13	16.49	11.27	10.56
2018-12-31	58,119,480,000	6,075,060,000	10,703,460,000	43.57	24.59	18.42	10.45
2019-12-31	58,217,600,000	7,481,600,000	6,300,000,000	44.01	16.75	10.82	12.85
2020-12-31	61,883,280,000	9,913,720,000	6,808,820,000	43.45	16.37	11	16.02
2021-12-31	59,786,160,000	7,675,620,000	6,895,860,000	42.3	16.59	11.53	12.84
2022-12-31	64,278,110,000	6,050,850,000	8,176,940,000	40.23	17.9	12.72	9.41
2023-12-31	65,564,400,000	8,449,100,000	7,135,700,000	42.24	16.37	10.88	12.89
2024-12-31	63,191,440,000	7,849,920,000	5,973,760,000	45.05	15.47	9.45	12.42
2025-12-31	59,088,510,000	7,479,177,030	7,003,542,780	46.95	19.61	11.85	12.66

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-12-31	12.89	Trailing four quarters
2024-12-31	12.58	Trailing four quarters
2023-12-31	18.07	Trailing four quarters
2022-12-31	15.8	Annual net income
2021-12-31	19.78	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
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

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