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Unilever PLC key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Unilever PLC had return on equity of 55.0%, an operating margin of 17.9%, debt equal to 167.7% of equity and a current ratio of 0.79. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025
Gross margin42.2%42.7%43.2%43.7%44.0%43.5%42.3%40.2%43.5%46.7%46.9%
Operating margin14.1%14.8%16.7%24.8%16.8%16.4%16.6%17.9%17.4%16.8%17.9%
Net margin9.2%9.8%11.2%18.4%10.8%11.0%11.5%12.7%12.6%10.9%18.7%
Free-cash-flow margin10.3%9.9%11.9%11.7%13.1%16.2%13.1%9.7%15.9%15.5%13.7%
Return on equity31.2%33.1%40.7%75.8%45.2%38.0%37.6%40.5%34.8%30.5%55.0%
Return on assets—9.6%10.1%15.3%8.8%8.2%8.5%9.6%8.4%7.5%13.0%
Asset turnover—0.980.910.830.820.740.740.750.670.680.69
Current ratio—0.680.720.770.780.780.700.750.760.760.79
Debt to equity—65.3%115.5%184.0%161.9%161.0%161.5%139.4%147.5%143.3%167.7%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)———99.5x87.1x101.3x120.9x149.4x140.6x128.0x114.4x
Effective tax rate27.2%25.7%20.6%20.8%27.3%24.0%22.6%20.0%23.1%27.9%28.5%
R&D as % of revenue—————1.6%1.6%1.5%1.7%1.7%1.7%
Capital spending as % of revenue3.5%3.4%2.8%2.6%2.5%1.7%2.1%2.4%2.3%2.6%2.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income111.3%101.1%105.8%63.9%120.8%146.8%113.5%76.2%126.9%141.7%73.2%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 7 checks passed · December 31, 2025
What it owns · $82.7bn
Short-term assets $20.0bnLonger-term assets $62.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $80.3bn
Short-term liabilities $25.4bnLonger-term liabilities $36.6bnShareholders' equity $18.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $20.0bn of assets due within a year against $25.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $20.0bn short-term assets against $36.6bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $4.6bn of cash against $30.6bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 168% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 138% to 168% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $9.4bn of operating cash flow against $30.6bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $10.2bn against $89m of interest.

From Unilever PLC's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Unilever PLC's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Unilever PLC.