Unilever PLC

UL Consumer Defensive Household & Personal Products

Unilever PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $57.1 billion, down 13.1% from fiscal 2024.

67.64 0.72 +1.08%
Market cap
$145.9B
P/E
11.4×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
3.29%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.21
Beneish M
−2.31
Dividend safety
65/100

Unilever PLC (UL) Return on invested capital

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Unilever PLC's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 0.00%, down 45.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (45.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 35.8% (fiscal 2021) to 207.0% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Household & Personal Products industry median of 0.57% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 45.1% 6.15
FY2024 38.9% (2.06)
FY2023 41.0% (1.17)
FY2022 42.2% 6.33
FY2021 35.8% (10.09)
FY2020 45.9% (15.96)
FY2019 61.9% (33.79)
FY2018 95.7% 41.94
FY2017 53.7% 16.23
FY2016 37.5% (169.52)

Against its own ten years

Low 35.8% High 207.0%
Ten-year median 45.1%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
CL Colgate-Palmolive Company compare 28.9%
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation compare 21.1%
CLX The Clorox Company compare 16.7%
IPAR Interparfums, Inc. compare 16.6%
PG Procter & Gamble Company (The) compare 15.7%
CHD Church & Dwight Co., Inc. compare 11.3%
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. compare 7.87%
ELF e.l.f. Beauty compare 6.44%
UL Unilever PLC 0.00%
Household & Personal Products industry median 0.57%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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