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Unilever (Unilever) Dividends per Share : $1.86 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Unilever Dividends per Share?

Unilever's dividends per share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.92. Its dividends per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.86. Its Dividend Payout Ratio for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.74. As of today, Unilever's Dividend Yield % is 3.62%.

During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 0.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.10% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.60% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Unilever was 73.00% per year. The lowest was 0.40% per year. And the median was 8.70% per year.

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Unilever Dividends per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever's Dividends per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Unilever Dividends per Share Chart

Unilever Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividends per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.78 1.97 1.93 1.79 1.87

Unilever Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Dividends per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.97 0.91 0.88 0.94 0.92

Competitive Comparison of Unilever's Dividends per Share

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unilever's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Unilever's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Unilever's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Unilever's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Unilever Dividends per Share Calculation

Dividends paid to per common share.


Unilever  (NYSE:UL) Dividends per Share Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Unilever's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0.921/ 1.243
=0.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Unilever was 0.70. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 0.65.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Unilever Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.4582024-02-222024-02-232024-03-22Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4542023-11-162023-11-172023-12-08Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4752023-08-032023-08-042023-08-31Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4702023-05-182023-05-192023-06-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.


Unilever's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.857/51.24
=3.62 %

Current Share Price is $51.24.
Unilever's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.857.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Unilever was 4.33%. The lowest was 2.37%. And the median was 3.18%.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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Unilever (Unilever) Business Description

Address
100 Victoria Embankment, London, GBR, EC4Y 0DY
Unilever is a diversified personal-care (52% of 2022 sales by value), homecare (14%), and packaged food (34%) company. Its brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemme haircare brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years; notable purchases include Paula's Choice, Liquid I.V., Horlicks, Garancia, and The Vegetarian Butcher.