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Unilever NV (Unilever NV) Current Ratio : 0.86 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Unilever NV Current Ratio?

The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Unilever NV's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 0.86.

Unilever NV has a current ratio of 0.86. It indicates that the company may have difficulty meeting its current obligations. Low values, however, do not indicate a critical problem. If Unilever NV has good long-term prospects, it may be able to borrow against those prospects to meet current obligations.

The historical rank and industry rank for Unilever NV's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

UNLVF' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 0.75   Max: 0.92
Current: 0.86

During the past 13 years, Unilever NV's highest Current Ratio was 0.92. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 0.75.

UNLVF's Current Ratio is not ranked
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 1.66 vs UNLVF: 0.86

Unilever NV Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever NV's Current Ratio 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 NV Current Ratio Chart

Unilever NV Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.63 0.68 0.72 0.77 0.78

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
Current Ratio 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 0.76 0.77 0.81 0.78 0.86

Competitive Comparison of Unilever NV's Current Ratio

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Unilever NV's Current Ratio falls into.



Unilever NV Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

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

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2019 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2019 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2019 )
=18255.556/23308.889
=0.78

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

Current Ratio (Q: Jun. 2020 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Jun. 2020 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Jun. 2020 )
=20211.712/23621.622
=0.86

* 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.


Unilever NV  (OTCPK:UNLVF) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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Unilever NV (Unilever NV) Business Description

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Address
Weena 455, Rotterdam, NLD, 3000
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.

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