Unilever PLC
Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through four segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment offers hair care, such as shampoo, conditioner, and styling…
Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through four segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment offers hair care, such as shampoo, conditioner, and styling; face, hand, and body moisturizer skin care products; and Prestige Beauty and Wellbeing products. The Personal Care segment provides soap and shower skin cleansing products; and deodorant and oral care, including toothpaste, toothbrush, and mouthwash products. The Home Care segment offers washing powders and liquids, and rinse conditioner fabric care products; and a range of home and hygiene cleaning products. The Foods segment provides cooking aids and mini meals comprising soups, bouillons, and seasonings, as well as mayonnaise and ketchup condiments; and Unilever food solutions. The company provides its products under the AXE, Clear, Cif, Closeup, Comfort, Dermalogica, Domestos, Dove, Dove Men+Care, Hellmann's, Horlicks, Knorr, LUX, Lifebuoy, Liquid I.V., Nexxus, Nutrafol, OMO, Pond's, Paula's Choice, Pepsodent, Radiant, Rexona, Sunlight, Sunsilk, Surf, TRESemmé, and Vaseline brand names. Unilever PLC was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.Priced within the modelled range
Other models: GBP 29.35–41.33 (median 34.26). The recommended value is in line with them.
Why: Free cash flow is positive and in line with earnings, and the dividend is small, so a cash-flow DCF fits best.
Details and the full model are below.
Market price within modeled range
Free-cash-flow DCF using Fiscal year 2025 reported free cash flow, with cash, debt, and shares from the latest report. Base assumptions are 3% growth, 2.4% terminal growth, and 9.2% discount. Low/high cases vary growth by 2 and terminal growth/discount by 1 percentage point; this illustrative range is not a statistical confidence interval or investment advice.
Assumptions: growth 3% (limited from 3.48% because the latest annual revenue declined), discount rate 9.20%, terminal growth 2.40%. See a worked example.
Blended growth assumption: 3.5% (sector default 5.3%, own revenue history -0.9%, analyst revenue consensus 4.8%).
5-year outlook: relative outlook of about 6.8% a year (High confidence), anchored to a 7% market return and adjusted for how this company ranks against others. A ranking aid, not a prediction. See the full forecast.
Analyst consensus expects revenue growth of 4.8% a year; the growth assumption used is 3.0%.
Adjust assumptions
Why this model: Free cash flow is positive and in line with earnings, and the dividend is small, so a cash-flow DCF fits best.
Compare models- Recommended: Free-cash-flow DCF — GBP 30.36 (-37.6%)
-
EPS-based Gordon proxy
— GBP 34.26 (-29.6%)
Not used: Treats all earnings as if paid out and ignores the cash kept for reinvestment, so it overstates value for companies that retain most profit.
-
DCF (trailing free cash flow)
— GBP 30.36 (-37.6%)
Not used: Not chosen: Free-cash-flow DCF ranks ahead of it for this company.
-
FCFF (steady state)
— GBP 29.35 (-39.7%)
Not used: Assumes only the long-run terminal growth rate from today, so it ignores the near-term growth expected.
-
EV/EBITDA (12x)
— GBP 41.33 (-15.1%)
Not used: Used only when free cash flow is far below earnings even after averaging three years; a fixed 12x multiple also ignores sector differences.
-
Fade DCF (10-year growth fade)
— GBP 30.32 (-37.7%)
Not used: An alternative growth path (fading over 10 years) shown for comparison; the automatic choice does not use it.
-
EV/Sales (Rule of 40)
— GBP 86.62 (+78.0%)
Not used: Used only for technology and communication companies whose cash-flow value is far below the price.
| Bear GBP 19.77 | -146.2% |
| Base GBP 30.36 | -60.3% |
| Bull GBP 50.04 | 2.7% |
Margin = (value − price) / value, so it is measured against the value and reads lower than the upside to value, which is measured against the price. Positive means the price is below that case.
At GBP 48.67 the market implies about this annual free-cash-flow growth for 5 years (terminal 2.4%, discount 9.2%).
Compare: the market implies 12.1% a year, this model assumes 3.0%. The market expects more than this model does, which is why it reads as overvalued.
Sensitivity: base value per share
How the Free-cash-flow DCF value changes with growth (rows) and discount rate (columns). Green cells are above the current price.
These are assumption-based scenarios, not a confidence interval. Scroll horizontally to see all discount rates.
| Growth \ Discount | 7.2% | 8.2% | 9.2% | 10.2% | 11.2% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1.0% | 37.66 | 29.66 | 24.02 | 19.82 | 16.57 |
| 1.0% | 42.13 | 33.30 | 27.07 | 22.44 | 18.85 |
| 3.0% | 46.95 | 37.22 | 30.36 | 25.25 | 21.31 |
| 5.0% | 52.14 | 41.44 | 33.89 | 28.28 | 23.95 |
| 7.0% | 57.73 | 45.98 | 37.69 | 31.53 | 26.78 |
Track record: see the methodology page for how this model has performed historically, including its limits. Treat it as a screen, not a forecast.
Price history and fair value
No chartable saved daily price history is available for this range. The chart uses stored EODHD prices only and will appear after history is saved.
More detail: quality, peers, price history, dividends and financials
Quality score: 74 / 100
Five equal checks on reported history: profitability, cash generation, revenue growth, balance sheet and margins. It describes business quality, not whether the price is attractive.
| Profitability | 5 of 5 years profitable | 20 / 20 |
| Cash generation | free cash flow positive in 5 of 5 years | 20 / 20 |
| Growth | revenue -0.9% a year | 4 / 20 |
| Balance sheet | net debt 2.2x EBITDA | 10 / 20 |
| Margins | EBITDA margin 22% | 20 / 20 |
Peers in Consumer Staples
Same-sector companies with a valuation, most undervalued first. Compare the margin of safety, yield and quality score side by side.
| Company | Price | Margin of safety | P/E | P/B | Yield | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULVR.L (this company) | GBP 48.67 | -60.3% | 21.4 | 8.2 | 3.4% | 74 |
| ORK.OL Orkla ASA | NOK 102.30 | 32.1% | 14.5 | 2.3 | 9.8% | 82 |
| KHC Kraft Heinz | USD 24.46 | 27.8% | – | 0.8 | 6.5% | 36 |
| WN.TO George Weston Limited | CAD 109.72 | 26.2% | 39.8 | 9.1 | 1.2% | 72 |
| CA.PA Carrefour SA | EUR 13.49 | 24.7% | 28.9 | 0.8 | 8.8% | 72 |
| ABF.L Associated British Foods plc | GBP 19.60 | 20.0% | 14.9 | 1.2 | 3.2% | 82 |
| ADM Archer Daniels Midland | USD 70.55 | 16.7% | 13.8 | 1.4 | 3.0% | 64 |
| AXFO.ST Axfood AB | SEK 283.20 | 8.1% | 24.9 | 8.2 | 3.1% | 70 |
| DLTR Dollar Tree | USD 135.65 | 1.9% | 16.1 | 7.6 | – | 72 |
| Peer median | 16.1 | 1.9 | ||||
Dividends
Paid in the last 12 months: GBP 0.01 per share · yield 0.02% at the current price.
| Year | Dividends per share |
|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 0.012 |
| 2025 | 0.017 |
| 2024 | 0.017 |
| 2023 | 0.017 |
| 2022 | 0.016 |
| 2021 | 0.017 |
Annual financial statement
Saved annual report · Fiscal year 2025 · EODHD annual statements · period ended 31 Dec 2025
| Revenue | GBP 42,139,528,538 |
|---|---|
| EBITDA | GBP 9,269,093,403 |
| EBIT | GBP 8,140,154,882 |
| Net income | GBP 4,994,642,628 |
| Free cash flow | GBP 5,639,686,224 |
| Capital expenditures | GBP 1,327,524,898 |
| Debt | GBP 24,731,682,040 |
| Cash | GBP 4,228,880,208 |
| Working capital | GBP -3,839,575,814 |
| Shares outstanding | 2,195,300,000 |
| Reported dividends per share | GBP 1.6620 |