BNET Industries
Market Cap:$39.3B
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 Conducts Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Slim-FastR Ready-to-Drink Products in Cans...
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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
Publicis Buying Unilever's French CRM Site For FMCG Intelligence
PaidContent
- 2009-09-01
Top four advertising group Publicis is buying Pour Tout Vous Dire (“for everything you say”), a customer relationship management programme and website with which Unilever tries to build relationships with its French customers. It will now open up the platform to all brands, in an effort to harvest online...
Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Unilever, N.V., Hudson City Bancorp, H&R Block, American Capital Agency and Avanex Corp
- 2008-07-02
CHICAGO -- Zacks Equity Research highlights Unilever, N.V. (NYSE: UN) as the Bull of the Day and Hudson City Bancorp (Nasdaq: HCBK) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) and Avanex Corporation (Nasdaq:...
Zacks Buy List Highlights: Bucyrus International, Unilever plc, Occidental Petroleum Corp. and Targa Resources Partners LP
- 2008-05-21
CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Every day on Zacks.com, four stock picks are made based on criteria for the each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum and Value. The four Zacks Rank Buy stocks highlighted today...
Unilever to buy Russian icecream maker Inmarko
- 2008-02-04
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands AFP — Anglo-Dutch food group Unilever said Monday it has signed an agreement to acquire Russian icecream maker Inmarko for an undisclosed amount. "The acquisition will further strengthen Unilever’s position as the world’s number one ice cream business," the company said in a statement. Inmarko...
Lowe Worldwide.(Special Report: Agency of the Year)(Tony Wright appointed as new chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
- 2005-01-10
2004 Rating: 2 stars The essence: Rumors of Lowe's demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated, as Interpublic Group of Cos. quelled talk of a breakup or a merger with sibling Draft by naming a new worldwide management team. But the parent has yet...
Will foreign companies continue to pour money into the U.S.?(THE ECONOMY)(Brief Article)
- 2004-07-09
Foreign companies will continue to pour money into the U.S. Examples: Toyota is expanding U.S. facilities and acquiring parts makers. Nestle and Unilever are snapping up small, local food-processing firms. Spending will rise another $50 billion to $60 billion in 2005... about the...
Daily Mail, London, Business Briefs.
- 2004-02-14
Daily Mail, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 14--FITZGERALD TIPPED TO HEAD REUTERS: The message coming down the wires is that news agency Reuters will choose departing Unilever boss Niall FitzGerald as its chairman. Reuters is due to name a successor to...
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...
Evening Standard, London, Anthony Hilton Column.
- 2003-06-26
By Anthony Hilton, Evening Standard, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 26--A couple of days after Unilever warned that its earlier forecasts were too optimistic and its business was treading water, the City still does not seem to have realised the significance of...
| Volume | 1,066,795 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.2B |
| Market Cap | 39.3B |
| Year High | 31.11 |
| Year Low | 16.95 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.56 |
| P/E Ratio | 11.9883 |
| Dividend | 1.0047 |
| Yield | 3.2737 |
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