Unilever (Unilever) Dividend Payout Ratio

: 0.76 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Unilever's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.76.

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

UNLYF' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63 Med: 0.65 Max: 0.7
Current: 0.67

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.

UNLYF's Dividend Payout Ratio is ranked worse than
73.67% of 919 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs UNLYF: 0.67

As of today (2024-04-18), the Dividend Yield % of Unilever is 3.92%.

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

Unilever's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.94.

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.

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.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Unilever Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

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Unilever Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Dividend Payout Ratio

0.64

0.66

0.67

Unilever Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Dividend Payout Ratio																0.67	0.64	0.70	0.60	0.76

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unilever's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout 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 Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Unilever's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.

Unilever Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

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

Dividend Payout Ratio	=	Dividends per Share (A: Dec. 2023 )	/	EPS without NRI (A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	1.889	/	2.835
	=	0.67

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 )
	=	0.939	/	1.243
	=	0.76

Unilever (OTCPK:UNLYF) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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Unilever (Unilever) Business Description

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Address

100 Victoria Embankment, London, GBR, EC4Y 0DY

Website

https://www.unilever.com

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.