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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McCormick & Company, Inc., Sparks, MD, signed a definitive agreement with Unilever to purchase the assets of Lawry's for $605 million in cash.(MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS)(Brief article)
- 2007-11-19
MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC., Sparks, MD, signed a definitive agreement with UNILEVER to purchase the assets of LAWRY'S for $605 million in cash. Lawry's, with annual sales of approximately $150 million, manufactures and sells a variety of marinades MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INC., Sparks, MD, signed a...
A busy month for food asset-swapping: Unilever, ConAgra, Del Monte, Pinnacle will look significantly different once the dust settles.(leading marketers of pet food products)
- 2006-04-01
PERHAPS IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT JUST AS annual reports and 10Ks are being issued, food companies are jiggering their portfolios and trading brands and other assets. ConAgra will end the year a significantly smaller company than it began it, and Del PERHAPS IT'S NO COINCIDENCE...
New Unilever multicountry asset pooling strategy debuts.(News)(Brief Article)
- 2005-12-26
LONDON - Unilever PLC launched a multicountry asset pooling strategy this month. The much-anticipated move is an effort to better manage the company's e16 billion ($19.22 billion) in assets from 98 pension plans in 42 countries worldwide, while allow LONDON - Unilever PLC launched a multicountry...
Multinationals: Nestle adds pooled funds, other firms right behind.(Nestle SA, Unilever PLC, IBM Ltd.)
- 2004-07-12
Byline: Shahnaz Mahmud VEVEY, Switzerland - Nestle SA, one of the pioneers in using pooled funds for its worldwide pension plans, is launching four more funds this year. Other multinationals aren't far behind. Unilever PLC, London, which has e1 Byline:...
Unilever latest to fire Putnam Investments
- 2003-12-04
Putnam Investments, the Boston-based money manager that lost $32 billion of assets last month as clients defected, was fired by Unilever's U.K. pension fund and may lose a contract with Ireland's state fund by the end of the year. Putnam on Oct. 28 became the first mutual...
At Deadline.(pension industry news briefs)(Brief Article)
- 2001-12-10
NYC axes Zurich Scudder New York City Retirement Funds terminated Zurich Scudder Investments, which managed $846 million in international strategies for the funds, said Nicole Lise, spokeswoman. The money will be allocated to existing managers. Ba NYC axes Zurich Scudder ...
DIFFERENT LEVELS: Three big U.K. companies to invest in hedge funds.(Unilever, AstraZeneca and J Sainsbury)(Brief Article)
- 2001-04-16
LONDON - Three heavyweight U.K. pension plans - AstraZeneca, Unilever and Sainsbury - are getting serious about investing in hedge funds, and fund-of-funds arrangements likely will be their investment vehicle of choice. Trustees for the L2.1 billi LONDON - Three heavyweight U.K. pension...
GETTING TO THE EURO BALL ON TIME: EXECS AT MULTINATIONALS FACING A DAUNTING TASK.
- 1998-11-16
LONDON -- The night of the Euro Ball is fast approaching, and Unilever PLC pension executives are shopping for solutions for their various pension funds. The problem: Every one of Unilever's pension funds is different, and each solution must be tailo LONDON -- The night of...
DSM and Akzo Eye Unilever Specialty Assets
- 1997-03-03
BOTH DSM AND AKZO Nobel are interested in acquiring some of Unilever's specialty chemicals operations, which the company recently announced it is putting up for sale. Akzo Nobel's chairman Cees van Lede said last week that it is looking at Uniche BOTH...
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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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