BNET Industries
Market Cap:$39.4B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$47.8B
- Public
- UK
Dow Jones Description
Unilever doesn't stop at food. Unilever Plc (NYSE: UL (ADR) London) was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in London, UK. The company produces an enormous range of consumer goods, marketed worldwide. Its 400 packaged products include soups, sauces, noodles, oils, margarine, teas, ice creams, frozen foods, skin and hair care products, deodorants, fragrances, toothpaste, and laundry detergent. The company has annual revenue of about $54 billion and employs about 206,000 people. In July 2005 the company completed the sale of its prestige fragrance business, Unilever Cosmetics International, to Coty Inc.
Number of Employees 223,000
Contact Information
Unilever House
PO Box 68
Blackfriars
London EC4P 4BQ
(44) 2078225252
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance: 811490
Recent Events
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Unilever Appoints Jean-Marc Huet New CFO
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Unilever CFO Jim Lawrence Quits
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10 Million Cans of Slim-Fast Recalled
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STOCKS NEWS UK-Galiform jumps as profit guidance raised
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Unisys to provide global computer services to Unilever
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Unilever and Unisys Ink IT Outsourcing Pact
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Market Report -- Story Stocks SLE
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U.S. Stocks Rise; Rates on Hold in Europe
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Unilever betting on "demand sensing" to weather volatile market conditions
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Stop & Shop Alerts Customers to Voluntary Recall of Breyer's All Natural Mint Chocolate Chip...
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Unilever Explores Transdermal Drug Delivery
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Clayton Dubilier & Rice Pays $477 Million For JohnsonDiversey Stake
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Virtual Instruments Brings Improved SAN Efficiency to Unilever
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Unilever to acquire personal care business of Sara Lee Corporation
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Money has started flowing again and it could drive a stock surge
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Unilever Tests Dove Men+Care in Europe
News & Analysis
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Hispanic upfront likely will climb 7% as nets tout brand integration; Telemundo develops ad-free telenovela; Unilever works with Univision to build web-based show.(Multicultural)
- 2007-06-04
Byline: LAUREL WENTZ Byline: LAUREL WENTZ
Slim-Fast thanks its lucky 'Stars' that TV partnership pays off; Weight-loss brand gets featured prominently on one of fall's hottest shows.
- 2006-11-13
Byline: CLAIRE ATKINSON catkinson@crain.com slim-fast doesn't need the "Dancing With The Stars'' judges to declare it a winner. The Unilever brand hammered out a deal over the summer to be integrated into the ABC show, which has become the most-watched reality...
THE REAL AXE EFFECT; Unilever brand has P&G perspiring and ad world admiring.(News)(Unilever Group)(Procter & Gamble Co.)
- 2006-05-15
Byline: JACK NEFF Byline: JACK NEFF
As part of an 11m [pounds sterling] investment in Unilever's Lynx brand in the UK, a provocative new ad is due to air this month, featuring the tag line 'spray more, get more'.(Brief Article)
- 2005-07-22
AS PART of an 11m [pounds sterling] investment in Unilever's Lynx brand in the UK, a provocative new ad is due to air this month, featuring the tag line 'spray more, get ... AS PART of an 11m [pounds sterling] investment in Unilever's Lynx brand in...
Unilever takes Bertolli brand frozen: premium dinner line debuts in USA: after two years of development and successful test marketing in northeast, pasta-based Dinners for Two headed for national rollout, with massive advertising campaign.(Upscale Italian
- 2005-01-01
Bertolli? In the United States, it's been just olive oil and pasta sauces, but in Europe the brand covers a wide range of products like Italian specialty sandwiches. Now it's making its debut in the USA for premium frozen dinners. Bertolli? In the United...
Unilever to move toothpaste brands.(The World: Ad Age Global News & Data)(Brief Article)
- 2004-05-17
Byline: Emma Hall Byline: Emma Hall
Unilever hands $14M Surf to BBH.(The World: Ad Age Global News & Data)(Unilever awarded the pan-European advertising account for its Surf laundry brand without a pitch to Bartle Bogle Hegarty)(Brief Article)
- 2003-12-08
Byline: Emma Hall Byline: Emma Hall
P&G, Unilever, L'Oreal: Summer shootout in skin-care category.(News)(Procter and Gamble Co. plans new products, advertising campaigns for skin care brands)
- 2003-07-28
Byline: Jack Neff Byline: Jack Neff
Michaelides tapped for Family Brands.(The World: Ad Age Global News & Data)(Unilever appoints Michaelides & Bednash)(Brief Article)
- 2003-07-14
Byline: Laurel Wentz Byline: Laurel Wentz
Unilever angers Finns over mustard.(The World: Ad Age Global News & Data)(Finnish consumers react to Unilever's plans for mustard brand)(Brief Article)
- 2002-11-11
Byline: Gerard O' Dwyer Byline: Gerard O' Dwyer
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| Volume | 1,431,785 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.2B |
| Market Cap | 39.4B |
| Year High | 31.61 |
| Year Low | 16.95 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.56 |
| P/E Ratio | 12.0195 |
| Dividend | 1.0047 |
| Yield | 3.2652 |
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