Unilever NV (Unilever NV) Debt-to-Equity : 1.84 (As of Jun. 2020)

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What is Unilever NV Debt-to-Equity?

Unilever NV's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $5,396 Mil. Unilever NV's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $27,042 Mil. Unilever NV's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $17,611 Mil. Unilever NV's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 1.84.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Unilever NV's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

UN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66 Med: 0.95 Max: 2.3
Current: 1.84

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Unilever NV was 2.30. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 0.95.

UN's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 0.41 vs UN: 1.84

Unilever NV Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever NV's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Unilever NV Debt-to-Equity Chart

Unilever NV Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.90

1.00

1.97

2.30

2.11

Unilever NV Semi-Annual Data
	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.56	2.30	2.28	2.11	1.84

Competitive Comparison of Unilever NV's Debt-to-Equity

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unilever NV's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 NV's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Unilever NV's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Unilever NV's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Unilever NV Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Unilever NV's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(4944.444	+	25948.889)	/	14657.778
	=	2.11

Unilever NV's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(5396.396	+	27041.667)	/	17611.486
	=	1.84

Unilever NV (NYSE:UN) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Unilever NV (Unilever NV) Business Description

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Netherlands-based Unilever NV and U.K.-based Unilever PLC operate Unilever Group, a diversified household and personal product (60% of 2018 sales by value) and packaged-food and refreshments (40%) company. The firm's brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Lipton teas, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemme hair-care brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years, and high-profile purchases include the mail-order men's grooming business Dollar Shave Club.