Stock · ULVR.L · Consumer Defensive
United Kingdom · Large Cap · Revenue 2025 €50.5B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
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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Summary
49.0 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €6.8B (2025), it supports €75.1B. The remaining €51.3B of the market value assume it grows 7.3% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
7.3%
no growth afterwards
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 2025 → Q3 2026
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 38.50% | 12.35% | Rank 91 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 110.00% | 20.14% | Rank 93 |
| EBIT margin | 19.61% | 9.44% | Rank 85 |
| FCF margin | 13.38% | 6.71% | Rank 85 |
| Gross margin | 46.95% | 35.78% | Rank 70 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −16.88% | 2.12% | Rank 1 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −2.22% | 5.20% | Rank 32 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 2.69% | 6.07% | Rank 39 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 3.15% | 3.77% | Rank 34 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 4.62% | 4.25% | Rank 54 |
| FCF yield | 5.35% | 5.05% | Rank 54 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 2.99 | 1.51 | Rank 24 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 15.25 | 16.74 | Rank 61 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 3.12% | 3.24% | Rank 49 |
| Share price, 6 months | 15.82% | 11.30% | Rank 68 |
| Share price, 3 months | 10.70% | 9.00% | Rank 62 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −9.90% | −7.96% | Rank 42 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 1.71% | −0.99% | Rank 23 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.49% | −0.62% | Rank 70 |
| Dividend streak in years | 1 | 5 | Rank 20 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 4.04% | 0.22% | Rank 92 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 22.04% | 41.95% | Rank 18 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.21 | 1.96 | Rank 43 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.91 | 0.67 | Rank 17 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 28.03% | 25.82% | Rank 33 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, €B | EBIT margin | FCF, €B | Shares | Net debt, €B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 52.7 | 14.8% | 5.2 | 2.54B | 13.2 |
| 2017 | 53.7 | 16.5% | 5.7 | 2.50B | 21.1 |
| 2018 | 51.0 | 24.6% | 5.3 | 2.69B | 21.7 |
| 2019 | 52.0 | 16.8% | 6.7 | 2.33B | 24.1 |
| 2020 | 50.7 | 16.4% | 8.1 | 2.34B | 21.2 |
| 2021 | 52.4 | 16.6% | 6.7 | 2.32B | 26.3 |
| 2022 | 60.1 | 17.9% | 5.7 | 2.62B | 24.1 |
| 2023 | 59.6 | 16.4% | 7.7 | 2.25B | 24.4 |
| 2024 | 60.8 | 15.5% | 7.5 | 2.23B | 24.5 |
| 2025 | 50.5 | 19.6% | 6.8 | 2.20B | 25.7 |
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Selected fundamental metrics for Unilever PLC.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 21.7 | 22.8 |
| P/B ratio | 8.3 | 2.6 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 38.5% | 12.3% |
| Equity ratio | 22.0% | 42.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.91 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 3.3% | 2.6% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| ULVR.L | Unilever PLCthis page | |
| RKT.L | Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC | locked |
| CL | Colgate-Palmolive Company | locked |
| HINDUNILVR.NS | Hindustan Unilever Limited | locked |
| EL | Estee Lauder Companies Inc | locked |
| KVUE | Kenvue Inc. | locked |
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