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How Unilever PLC stacks up
UL · against 806 other Consumer Defensive companies
Growth
54/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #368 of 807 · scores higher than 54% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score81 peers with a growth score of 50–59, including UL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 54?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.A mix: stronger earnings per share growth, but weaker 3-year revenue growth and revenue growth than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 89% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: -5.6% vs peer median 3.7%
- slower revenue growth over the last year: weaker than 78% of peers. Revenue growth: -3.8% vs peer median 2.8%
- faster growth in earnings per share: stronger than 92% of peers. Earnings per share growth: 90.9% vs peer median 1.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = UL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | UL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 813 reported | -3.8% | 2.8% | 22% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 595 reported | 90.9% | 1.4% | 92% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 801 reported | -5.6% | 3.7% | 11% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 945M EUR (≈$1.0B) | 100 | 60 | |
| 1 | 30.7B BRL (≈$5.5B) | 100 | 76 | |
| 1 | 5.5B USD | 100 | 84 | |
| 4 | 82.5B JPY (≈$561M) | 99 | 69 | |
| 4 | 2.4B CNY (≈$329M) | 99 | 29 | |
| 368 | 1.8B MYR (≈$407M) | 54 | 66 | |
| 368 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score