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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'Slim Fast' Recalls Products Because of Bacteria
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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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Unilever Offers Little Upside Based on Earnings Outlook
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-05
Veronique Adam submits: Stock price: €20.2 ($29.8) Conclusion: Top line slowing down at a time when peers are accelerating. Never ending restructuring. Better opportunities elsewhere (cf our Nestle (NSRGY.PK) comment) based on our estimated fair value range of €19-21 ($28-31) per share. Q3 results: Sales down 2%...
Unilever Is Cheap
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-08-05
raytoei submits: 1. Is this a great business run by great managers? by raytoei
Why I Bought Unilever at $25
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-08-02
raytoei submits: I bought Unilever last week at $25.00. Unilever has dual listing, one in London and the other in the Netherlands; both are traded as ADS on the NYSE under the tickers UN and UL. Both should be identical, but UL, in which I bought a small position,...
Why Fight the Headwinds Facing Unilever?
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-23
Michael Young submits: One hundred and sixty million people a day use products manufactured by Unilever UL. The firm has 400 brands of which 13 are “Billion Euro brands” including Dove, Knorr, Flora, Lipton and Sunsilk. In a recession when consumers have less cash to spend there is naturally an...
Unilever Doing as Well as Can Be Expected
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-22
Michael Young submits: 160 million people a day use products manufactured by Unilever UL. The firm has 400 brands of which 13 are “Billion Euro brands”, including Dove, Knorr, Flora, Lipton and Sunsilk. In a recession when consumers have less cash to spend, there is naturally an inclination for shoppers...
Hindustan Unilever's Struggle
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-19
ET had an article yesterday on how Hindustan Unilever [HUL] is struggling in all its business lines, whether it is soap or toothpaste. In its previous conf call, HUL clearly mentioned that without market share, profitability is impossible in the long run. Colgate CL is reporting blockbuster results by having...
Hindustan Unilever: Interesting Times in Indian Market
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-05-15
HLL Hindustan Unilever has decided to go for pricing to retain market share in soaps and oral care toothpastes. HLL made a very interesting comment - in times of low commodity prices, new small competitors come up. I guess smaller competitors don't need to invest as much in working capital...
Unilever: Will Cherry Garcia Save the Day?
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-28
Lee Eugene Munson submits: Patrick Kirts co-wrote this article. Part of constructing Portfolio Asset Management’s core retirement portfolio includes looking at companies that are going through some type of corporate change that will act as a catalyst for future growth in profitability. We started searching for a staple that could...
Unilever Stalks the Elusive Shopper
BNET
- 2008-05-27
At Reveries.com, Unilever's Lisa Klauser explains how to figure out what shoppers want and turn that information into business growth -- whether it's using a social change message to connect women to Dove or helping guys find the Axe deodorant. by Lisa Everitt
Goradia hopes to be crown Jewel of Indian retailers too.(Company overview)
- 2007-05-01
Byline: Mitul Thakkar May 1--The smile is palpable, Amit Goradia runs a company called Jewel, which is the sole supplier of toothbrushes to Hindustan Lever HLL and one of the largest exporters of toothbrushes to Unilever worldwide. The Jewel group makes...
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| Volume | 1,901,343 |
| Shares Outstanding | 1.2B |
| Market Cap | 39.3B |
| Year High | 31.11 |
| Year Low | 16.95 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.56 |
| P/E Ratio | 11.9648 |
| Dividend | 1.0047 |
| Yield | 3.28 |
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