Unilever (Unilever) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

: 0.20 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

Unilever's Capital Expenditure for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-1,305.34 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,608.51 Mil.

Hence, Unilever's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.20.

Unilever Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

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Unilever Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

0.19

0.11

0.17

0.24

0.19

Unilever Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow																0.19	0.19	0.26	0.16	0.20

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unilever's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow 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 Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Unilever's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Unilever's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.

Unilever Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

Unilever's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	=	- Capital Expenditure	/	Cash Flow from Operations
	=	- (-1902.944)	/	10279.171
	=	0.19

Unilever's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	=	- Capital Expenditure	/	Cash Flow from Operations
	=	- (-1305.344)	/	6608.506
	=	0.20

Unilever (NYSE:UL) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.

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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.