Unilever
About: Unilever is a diversified beauty, wellbeing, and personal care (44% of 2024 sales by value), homecare (20%), and packaged food (36%) company. Its brands include Dove personal-care products, Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Axe and Rexona deodorants, and TRESemmé haircare. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years; notable purchases include Paula's Choice, Liquid I.V., Horlicks, and Wild deodorants. The company derives 58% of its sales from emerging markets and 42% from developed markets. The US is its largest market, accounting for around 20% of sales, followed by India, which accounts for 11% of sales.
Employees: 125,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
48% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 111 | Existing positions closed: 75
39% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $147M | Put options by funds: $106M
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $12.9B [Q1] → $13.9B (+$1.02B) [Q2]
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,161 [Q1] → 1,170 (+9) [Q2]
0.47% more ownership
Funds ownership: 8.64% [Q1] → 9.11% (+0.47%) [Q2]
3% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 415 | Existing positions reduced: 429
8% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 13 [Q1] → 12 (-1) [Q2]
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 22 articles about UL published over the past 30 days
