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.

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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 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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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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Unilever PLC's (LSE:ULVR) third-quarter print came in marginally ahead of forecasts. However, this wasn't enough to prompt the Dove soap maker to upgrade its forecasts for the year.

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The consumer goods giant reiterated its full-year guidance after underlying sales grew more than expected in the third quarter as shoppers welcomed easing price hikes and began buying more of the company's branded products.

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Unilever achieved slightly better than expected underlying quarterly sales after winning back more shoppers with product innovations and slower price increases, posting its biggest gain in sales volumes in three-and a-half-years.

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Shares in Hindustan Unilever fell 7% on Thursday, tracking their worst day in nine months, after reporting quarterly earnings below estimates due to an urban slowdown, with analysts expecting the pain to continue in the near term.

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FMCG big cap Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) risks falling short of its third-quarter sales growth expectations, Jefferies analysts have warned. The investment bank forecasts organic sales growth of 3.3%, which is below broader market consensus, due to a “negligible” contribution from product pricing.

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The owner of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Sunsilk shampoo and Dove soap, has completed the sale of its Russian business to a local company.

Unilever Sells Russia Business

Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) has sold off its Russian business after facing scrutiny for not ditching operations in the country following the invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. The sale to Arnest Group was confirmed to have been completed on Thursday, with this also including Unilever's four factories in Russia and its business in Belarus.

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British consumer goods firm Unilever said on Thursday it has completed the sale of its Russian unit to Arnest Group, a Russia-based manufacturer of perfume, cosmetics, and household products.

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