Unilever PLC

DB:UNVB Stock Report

Market Cap: €139.6b

Unilever Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 UNVB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
€50.28
Fair Value
11.2% overvalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: UNVB (€55.92) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€50.28)

Significantly Below Fair Value: UNVB is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for UNVB. This is calculated by dividing UNVB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is UNVB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio24.3x
Earnings€5.74b
Market Cap€139.61b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for UNVB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.1x
BEI Beiersdorf
30.3x9.2%€27.7b
HEN3 Henkel KGaA
14.3x4.9%€27.1b
OR L'Oréal
32.3x6.8%€206.8b
HINDUNILVR Hindustan Unilever
51.7x6.9%₹5.5t
UNVB Unilever
24.3x10.5%€118.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: UNVB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x) compared to the peer average (32.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
UNVB 24.3xIndustry Avg. 19.0xNo. of Companies4PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: UNVB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x) compared to the European Personal Products industry average (19x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is UNVB'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.

UNVB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.3x
Fair PE Ratio24.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: UNVB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst UNVB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€55.92
€57.57
+3.0%
12.9%€68.70€42.17n/a17
Apr ’26€55.38
€59.46
+7.4%
11.6%€68.70€44.00n/a17
Mar ’26€54.52
€59.97
+10.0%
10.5%€67.89€48.21n/a17
Feb ’26€55.50
€59.55
+7.3%
11.0%€67.55€48.21n/a17
Jan ’26€55.14
€59.23
+7.4%
11.5%€67.55€46.73n/a17
Dec ’25€56.58
€58.99
+4.3%
11.7%€67.18€46.73n/a17
Nov ’25€56.92
€59.00
+3.7%
11.8%€68.41€46.81n/a17
Oct ’25€58.36
€58.41
+0.08%
11.5%€67.49€46.68n/a17
Sep ’25€58.22
€58.05
-0.3%
11.5%€67.49€46.32n/a17
Aug ’25€56.54
€56.61
+0.1%
12.3%€67.49€44.89n/a17
Jul ’25€51.20
€52.71
+2.9%
11.1%€61.29€43.21n/a16
Jun ’25€50.10
€51.46
+2.7%
11.1%€60.47€43.21n/a16
May ’25€48.07
€49.93
+3.9%
11.5%€58.34€42.00€55.9216
Apr ’25€46.52
€49.20
+5.8%
12.6%€58.58€39.83€55.3816
Mar ’25€45.11
€48.70
+8.0%
12.7%€58.58€39.84€54.5218
Feb ’25€45.25
€48.06
+6.2%
12.2%€58.87€38.32€55.5018
Jan ’25€43.81
€48.36
+10.4%
12.8%€58.87€37.72€55.1419
Dec ’24€44.54
€49.38
+10.9%
12.0%€58.62€37.72€56.5819
Nov ’24€44.73
€49.63
+11.0%
11.4%€58.62€37.72€56.9219
Oct ’24€46.95
€50.59
+7.7%
11.1%€59.34€37.22€58.3618
Sep ’24€47.02
€51.30
+9.1%
11.9%€61.78€37.22€58.2219
Aug ’24€48.85
€51.33
+5.1%
11.9%€61.78€37.22€56.5419
Jul ’24€47.70
€50.46
+5.8%
12.3%€59.46€35.92€51.2018
Jun ’24€46.87
€50.12
+6.9%
12.4%€59.46€35.92€50.1018
May ’24€50.35
€49.26
-2.2%
12.6%€59.46€35.92€48.0718
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 17 Analysts
€57.43
Fair Value
2.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/30 05:48
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/30 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Unilever PLC is covered by 71 analysts. 20 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