Unilever PLC

DB:UNVA Stock Report

Market Cap: €138.3b

Unilever Valuation

Is UNVA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of UNVA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: UNVA (€56) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€58.82)

Significantly Below Fair Value: UNVA is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for UNVA?

Key metric: As UNVA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UNVA. This is calculated by dividing UNVA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UNVA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.8x
Earnings€6.64b
Market Cap€138.32b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does UNVA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for UNVA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34.8x
BEI Beiersdorf
37.3x12.7%€27.6b
HEN3 Henkel KGaA
19.6x6.5%€32.6b
OR L'Oréal
28.2x7.5%€183.0b
500696 Hindustan Unilever
54x9.6%₹5.5t
UNVA Unilever
20.8x5.7%€114.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UNVA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the peer average (34.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does UNVA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Personal Products Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UNVA 20.8xIndustry Avg. 24.2xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UNVA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the European Personal Products industry average (24.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UNVA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

UNVA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.8x
Fair PE Ratio30.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UNVA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 13:10
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Unilever PLC is covered by 75 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert Jan VosABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Pierre-Yves GauthierAlphaValue
null nullArgus Research Company