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Unilever (Unilever) Gross Profit

: $64,783 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)
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Unilever's gross profit for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $31,817 Mil. Unilever's gross profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $64,783 Mil.

Gross Margin % is calculated as gross profit divided by its revenue. Unilever's gross profit for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $31,817 Mil. Unilever's Revenue for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $31,817 Mil. Therefore, Unilever's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was N/A%.

Unilever had a gross margin of N/A% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => No sustainable competitive advantage

During the past 13 years, the highest Gross Margin % of Unilever was 44.01%. The lowest was 40.23%. And the median was 42.48%.

Warning Sign:

Unilever PLC gross margin has been in long-term decline. The average rate of decline per year is -1.3%.


Unilever Gross Profit Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever's Gross Profit 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 Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Gross Profit
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 25,420.00 26,812.65 25,067.80 25,600.64 27,453.65

Unilever Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Gross Profit 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 30,116.38 31,313.95 32,256.36 32,966.41 31,816.79

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unilever's Gross Profit, along with its competitors' market caps and Gross Profit 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 Gross Profit Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Unilever's Gross Profit falls into.



Unilever Gross Profit Calculation

Gross Profit is the different between the sale prices and the cost of buying or producing the goods.

Unilever's Gross Profit for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (A: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=64998.909 - 37545.256
=27,454

Unilever's Gross Profit for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold
=31816.794 - 0
=31,817

Gross Profit for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $64,783 Mil.

Gross Profit is the numerator in the calculation of Gross Margin. (Note that if there's no value for Cost of Goods Sold, then Gross Margin % is not calculated.)

Unilever's Gross Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Gross Margin % (Q: Dec. 2023 )=Gross Profit (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold) / Revenue
=31,817 / 31816.794
=N/A %

* 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.

A positive Gross Profit is only the first step for a company to make a net profit. The gross profit needs to be big enough to also cover related labor, equipment, rental, marketing/advertising, research and development and a lot of other costs in selling the products.


Unilever  (NYSE:UL) Gross Profit Explanation

Warren Buffett believes that firms with excellent long term economics tend to have consistently higher margins.

Durable competitive advantage creates a high Gross Margin % because of the freedom to price in excess of cost. Companies can be categorized by their Gross Margin %

1. Greater than 40% = Durable competitive advantage
2. Less than 40% = Competition eroding margins
3. Less than 20% = no sustainable competitive advantage
Consistency of Gross Margin is key

Unilever had a gross margin of N/A% for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 => No sustainable competitive advantage


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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.