BNET Industries
Market Cap:$39.2B
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 recalls Slim-Fast products
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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
News & Analysis
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Publicis Plays Catch-Up With Unilever Mag Acquisition; Operating Leverage is Key
BNET
- 2009-09-10
Some clarity is beginning to emerge as to why exactly Publicis -- whose dominant client is Procter & Gamble -- bought Unilever's Pour Tous Vous Dire web site and magazine in France. It's all about the operating leverage provided by owning the media your clients are buying. by Jim Edwards
New Product Watch: Warm Ice Cream and Caffeinated Beef Jerky
BNET
- 2009-08-25
Unilever says it's not working on ice cream that can be sold at room temperature, despite what the Times of London reported yesterday. According to the article, scientists from Cambridge were using Unilever's own laboratories to develop an ice cream product that would not need to be frozen until after...
Sunsilk's Gang of Girls goes global.
- 2006-11-17
Nov. 17--MUMBAI, India -- After the success of its online community Gang of Girls, Hindustan Lever is considering taking the website sunsilkgangofgirls.com global. "As a practise, all our successes and failures are shared globally and we take learnings from them," said Vipul Chawla, category head, hair...
AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Technology Briefs Column.
- 2003-10-01
By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 1--AFP TO SUPPLY ALBAHHAR PORTAL: EIM regional bilingual Internet portal Albahhar.com has increased its English and Arabic live content through an extended partnership with AFP, which...
End users sound off.(ConAgra Foods, Emerson Tool and Storage Group and Unilever panelists discuss what they look for in paperboad box suppliers)(Panel Discussion)
- 2002-10-26
When Roger Landrum, corrugated category director for ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., was working on a national box business bid recently, he came to a quick conclusion: Nobody understands ConAgra completely. Maybe box converters should try, consid When Roger Landrum,...
Top 100[R]: the big grow bigger as global holdings shuffle.(Statistical Data Included)
- 2002-07-01
Food is an undisputed universal, and it seems that the food business is also becoming universal -- or at least global. Though it's not quite a unified planet in many terms, the food industry has transcended international boundaries in the last two years, and many of...
SUNDAY HERALD SHARE TIPS
- 2001-02-18
UNILEVER: As one of the world's leading consumer companies, this Anglo-Dutch giant focuses on 400 brands. Famous ones include Comfort, Domestos, Slim-Fast, Birds Eye, and Calvin Klein. Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Bestfoods are two recent acquisitions which have helpled boost group profits at the end of last year....
Unilever Interactive Brand Center Chairman Tony Romeo Says "The Internet Is Designed for Us" in Speech at Online Advertising 2001 Conference
- 2001-01-23
Business Editors
That was the Week
- 2000-04-16
Last week began with the predictable speculation that Emperor Souter would move into a non-executive role at the ailing Stagecoach. With company directors wanting him to make his role clear to help stabilise the business, such a move could see Brian Souter stand down as chief executive to concentrate on...
Business this week.(Brief Article)
- 2000-04-15
Nasdaq nosedives Nasdaq, America's high-tech dominated stockmarket, took another pounding as investors deserted it in favour of investments in traditional companies. Falls earlier in the week were followed by a drop of 7.1% on April 13th. It is now over 25% down from...
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| Volume | 763,643 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.2B |
| Market Cap | 39.2B |
| Year High | 31.11 |
| Year Low | 16.95 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.56 |
| P/E Ratio | 11.96 |
| Dividend | 1.0047 |
| Yield | 3.2812 |
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