BNET Industries
Market Cap:$38.8B
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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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
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Ricoh delivers next generation print to Unilever across Europe
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Why U.S. Stocks Are Going to Kill Your Portfolio
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TriNorth's Subsidiary Feronia Inc. has Acquired Unilever's Palm Oil Plantation in the Democratic Republic of...
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CORRECT (8/14): Consumer Cos Push High-End Products In China
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Consumer goods in the recession: The game has changed
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Unilever earnings fall while sales rise
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Quamina sits on Unilever board
News & Analysis
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Unilever US detergents business tipped for sale.(FINANCIAL NEWS)
- 2008-04-18
Unilever is thought to be on the brink of putting up its US detergents business for sale. Unilever is thought to be on the brink of putting up its US detergents business for sale.
P&G, Henkel & Unilever in new price-fixing allegations.(FINANCIAL NEWS)
- 2008-03-07
Have some of the top personal care consumer goods companies secretly fixed the cost of their products? It's an allegation French antitrust agents want to get to the bottom of after targeting P&G, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever and others, according Have some of the top personal...
Unilever is under fire from claims that the board of its Dutch pension fund is not making enough payments to support its funding and hasn't made sufficient allowances for inflation.(FINANCIAL NEWS)
- 2008-02-22
Unilever is under fire from claims that the board of its Dutch pension fund is not making enough payments to support its funding and hasn't made sufficient allowances for inflation. The ... Unilever is under fire from claims that the board of its Dutch pension fund...
Speaking of Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch global consumer goods marketer reported a slowdown in its overall third quarter revenues which it attributes in part to the impact of the poor weather on ice cream sales in Europe.(Last Licks)(Financial report)
- 2007-11-20
* Speaking of Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch global consumer goods marketer reported a slowdown in its overall third quarter revenues which it attributes in part to the impact of the poor weather on ice cream sales in ... * Speaking of Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch global consumer goods...
Unilever maintains its momentum.(FINANCIAL NEWS)(Financial report)(Brief article)
- 2007-11-16
Anglo-Dutch FMCG giant Unilever says its streamlining is taking effect as its third quarter underlying sales grew 4.5% to 10.24bn [euro], or 5.2% adjusted for systems change in the US. Both increases were pegged back to 1% at current rates. Anglo-Dutch FMCG giant Unilever...
Unilever is closing three factories in the Netherlands.(FINANCIAL NEWS)
- 2007-10-19
Unilever is closing three factories in the Netherlands. Around 475 jobs will be lost. Unilever says the closures are needed to ... Unilever is closing three factories in the Netherlands. Around 475 jobs will be lost. Unilever says the closures are needed to increase its competitiveness....
Unilever.(PEOPLE)
- 2007-09-07
Unilever has announced the successor to cfo Rudy Markham. James A Lawrence took over the financial reins at the beginning of the month following his move from ... Unilever has announced the successor to cfo Rudy Markham. James A Lawrence took over the financial reins at...
Unilever Q2 rises--but not enough.(FINANCIAL NEWS)(Unilever Group)(Brief article)
- 2007-08-17
Better Q2 earnings have lifted Unilever, with organic sales growth of 5.8%. Better Q2 earnings have lifted Unilever, with organic sales growth of 5.8%.
Unilever to buy Chinese brand?(FINANCIAL NEWS)
- 2007-07-20
Could Unilever be on the cusp of buying Zhonghua toothpaste? The Chinese owner of Zhonghua, Shanghai White Cat--which made news headlines recently for allegedly adding a car anti-freeze agent to Maxam, one of its toothpaste brands--already has a lice Could Unilever be on the cusp of...
Unilever in new French job cull.(FINANCIAL NEWS)(Brief article)
- 2007-06-08
Slack French sales have forced Unilever to cut jobs in France. Slack French sales have forced Unilever to cut jobs in France.
| Volume | 1,288,131 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.2B |
| Market Cap | 38.8B |
| Year High | 31.11 |
| Year Low | 16.95 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.56 |
| P/E Ratio | 11.8242 |
| Dividend | 1.0047 |
| Yield | 3.3191 |
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