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 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
62% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $138M | Put options by funds: $85.6M
9% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 97 | Existing positions closed: 89
4% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $12.4B [Q4 2024] → $12.9B (+$456M) [Q1 2025]
3% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 438 | Existing positions reduced: 424
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 13 [Q4 2024] → 13 (+0) [Q1 2025]
0.21% less ownership
Funds ownership: 8.84% [Q4 2024] → 8.63% (-0.21%) [Q1 2025]
1% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,169 [Q4 2024] → 1,154 (-15) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
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Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about UL published over the past 30 days
