Unilever

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty and Personal Care, Foods and Refreshment, and Home Care. The Beauty and Personal Care segment offers skin cleansing, hair care, skin care, and deodorants categories. The Foods and Refreshment segment sells ice cream, savory, dressings, and tea. The Home Care segment includes fabric category and a wide range of cleaning products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment offers hair care, skin care, and prestige beauty and health & wellbeing. The Personal Care segment consists of sales of skin cleansing, deodorant, and oral care products. The Home Care segment comprises of sales of fabric care and a wide range of cleaning products. The Nutrition segment refers to sales of scratch cooking aids, dressings, and tea products. The Ice Cream segment covers primarily ice cream products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) has agreed the sale of two of its oldest brands, Dutch brand Unox and Belgium's Zwan, to the Zwanenberg Food Group. A part of the Unilever portfolio for almost 100 years, the Anglo-Dutch group said the sale was to sharpen up its food portfolio and focus on fewer and bigger brands.

Unilever to sell 'cherished' 100-year old brands to sharpen portfolio

Unilever said on Monday CFO Fernando Fernandez would take on more responsibilities, including overseeing supply chain and procurement, as the company overhauls its operations to focus on its "power" brands.

Unilever CFO takes on additional responsibility amid operational overhaul

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Unilever is looking to sell several food brands that have combined sales of around 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion), Chief Executive Officer Hein Schumacher told Dutch financial daily FD in an interview published on Monday.

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Given its better prospects, we believe that Unilever (NYSE: UL) is currently a better pick than its sector peer, Procter & Gamble stock (NYSE: PG). UL stock trades at 19x forward earnings, versus 26x for PG stock.

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Hindustan Unilever (HUL) said on Monday that its board has approved the carving out of its ice-cream business into a separate listed entity.

Unilever's India unit to spin off, list ice-cream division

CEO Hein Schumacher said India is the best opportunity for Unilever over the next couple of years and will be the key for all its group businesses.

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Retail sales figures will dominate headlines on a quieter Friday, while attention will also be on Unilever and any plans for a float of its ice cream arm. Consensus expectations are for a 0.3% drop in retail sales over the course of October, following a 0.3% uptick in September.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) could confirm on Friday that it will spin out its ice cream arm via an initial public offer. The Cornetto and Ben & Jerry's owner is holding an investor day on November 22 in London, where the group's CEO and CFO will deliver presentations to major investors and analysts, along with the bosses of its global business units - with the "notable exception" of Ice Cream, analysts at UBS noted.

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Unilever is cutting about 1,500 fewer jobs in Europe than initially anticipated and hiring about 1,000 people, primarily those affected by its cost-cutting drive, for its soon-to-be spun off ice cream business, the head of the company's European Works Council told Reuters.

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The lawsuit is the latest sign of the long-simmering tensions between Ben & Jerry's and consumer products maker Unilever, which rejected the claims.

Ben & Jerry's sues Unilever for ‘silencing' their pro-Palestinian support

In escalation of long-running tensions, the ice-cream brand says its parent company blocked statements in support of Palestinian rights.

Ben & Jerry's Sues Unilever, Alleging It Was Censored Over Gaza

Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) is being sued again by its ice cream subsidiary Ben & Jerry's, which claims the consumer food giant silenced its support of Palestinians in Gaza. Relations between the companies over the situation in the region have been fraught since 2021 when Ben & Jerry's threatened to pull its products from the occupied West Bank due to a conflict with its values.

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Unilever is exploring the sale of some of its Dutch food brands, three sources with knowledge of the process said, as part of a turnaround strategy led by CEO Hein Schumacher to focus on its biggest "power" labels.

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Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that parent company Unilever has silenced its attempts to express support for Palestinian refugees, and threatened to dismantle its board and sue its members over the issue.

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Unilever has been increasing its dividend for the first time since 2020, which is a reflection of an improvement in operating results. In FY 2024, UL is able to improve its margins and achieve volume growth again, which is a prerequisite for sustainable top-line growth. Based on the earnings growth model, UL appears fairly valued at the current share price.

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Procter & Gamble and Unilever are among big packaged goods companies that would be exposed if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump goes ahead with a threat to impose tariffs on Mexico, data seen exclusively by Reuters shows.

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Unilever's Q3 2024 results showed solid growth, driven by Power Brands and a focus on increasing sales volumes rather than prices. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment led growth, with a 6.70% increase in underlying volume growth, while the Ice Cream segment is set for a spin-off by 2025. Europe's negative underlying price growth reflects economic difficulties, while North America showed the strongest performance, driven by a resilient economy.

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Unilever (UL) is technically in oversold territory now, so the heavy selling pressure might have exhausted. This along with strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in raising earnings estimates could lead to a trend reversal for the stock.

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Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 24, 2024 3:00 AM ET Company Participants Hein Schumacher - Director& Chief Executive Officer Fernando Fernandez - Director & Chief Financial Officer Gemma S. - Global Head of Media Relations Conference Call Participants Warren Ackerman - Barclays Celine Pannuti - JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jean-Olivier Nicolai - Goldman Sachs Group Thomas Sykes - Deutsche Bank Guillaume Delmas - UBS Jeffrey Stent - BNP Paribas Exane Victoria Petrova - Bank of America David Hayes - Jefferies Ed Lewis - Redburn Hein Schumacher Good morning and welcome to Unilever's Third Quarter Trading Statement.

Unilever PLC (UL) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Unilever on Thursday reiterated its 2024 outlook after reporting underlying sales growth of 4.5% in the third quarter.

Unilever reiterates 2024 outlook after third-quarter sales growth

Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR)'s share price rose 3.4%, adding £4 billion to the value of the Dove soap maker, after it posted third-quarter results that slightly exceeded expectations. The company reported a 4.5% rise in underlying sales, surpassing analysts' forecasts of a 4.2% increase, driven by product innovations and a slower pace of price hikes, leading to its largest sales volume growth in over three years.

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Shares in Unilever picked up after the business reported forecast-beating sales growth for quarter three

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Unilever will make "drastic" changes in Indonesia, its finance chief said on Thursday as consumers boycott multinational brands in response to the war in Gaza and exacerbate the business' existing distribution problems.

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