Unilever

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty and Personal Care, Foods and Refreshment, and Home Care. The Beauty and Personal Care segment offers skin cleansing, hair care, skin care, and deodorants categories. The Foods and Refreshment segment sells ice cream, savory, dressings, and tea. The Home Care segment includes fabric category and a wide range of cleaning products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment offers hair care, skin care, and prestige beauty and health & wellbeing. The Personal Care segment consists of sales of skin cleansing, deodorant, and oral care products. The Home Care segment comprises of sales of fabric care and a wide range of cleaning products. The Nutrition segment refers to sales of scratch cooking aids, dressings, and tea products. The Ice Cream segment covers primarily ice cream products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Unilever is set to sell Q-Tips and a number of its other personal care and beauty brands. The consumer packaged goods giant on Monday (Dec. 18) announced it had reached an agreement to sell its Elida Beauty unit to Yellow Wood Partners.

Unilever Sells Q-Tips and Other Brands to Yellow Wood

British consumer goods giant Unilever has finalized the sale of its non-core beauty and personal care unit, Elida Beauty, to US private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners. The deal, anticipated to conclude by mid-2024, encompasses iconic brands like Q-Tips, Brut, Caress, Timotei, and Tigi, contributing around $1.02 billion in revenues for 2022.

Unilever sells Elida Beauty to American PE firm Yellow Wood Partners

Fourth brand carve-out over four years adds Q-tips®, Impulse, Caress, Tigi, Timotei, Monsavon, Brut, and Alberto Balsam to Yellow Wood Portfolio BOSTON , Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Yellow Wood Partners LLC ("Yellow Wood"), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on investing in consumer brands and companies, today announced a binding offer to acquire Elida Beauty, a portfolio of brands from Unilever (NYSE: UL). The Elida Beauty portfolio includes Unilever brands Q-tips®, Impulse, Caress, Tigi, Timotei, Monsavon, Brut, Moussel, Alberto Balsam, and VO5.

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Consumer goods giant Unilever on Monday said it would sell Elida Beauty, its non-core beauty and personal care division, to U.S. private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners.

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Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL ) Barclays Fireside Chat Conference December 14, 2023 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Hein Schumacher - CEO Conference Call Participants Warren Ackerman - Barclays Warren Ackerman Hello, everybody. I am Warren Ackermann, Head of Consumer Staples at Barclays.

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News today that Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) is facing a greenwashing probe adds unwanted extra pressure on new chief executive Hein Schumacher, who reportedly has 18 months to turn things around for the underperforming owner of Hellman's, Ben & Jerry's and Persil.  Schumacher, who was appointed in July, in October unveiled his new strategy: faster growth, greater productivity and simplicity from stepping up investment behind the company's existing ‘power brands'.

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Britain's competition regulator on Tuesday said it's opened a probe into the environmentally-friendly claims put forward by household products giant Unilever, the latest example of corporate green claims getting scrutinized by regulators.

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The UK's competition regulator is to examine ‘green' claims made by Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) to make sure shoppers aren't being misled.  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned that Unilever, the maker of Persil and Dove, may be overstating how green certain products are through the use of vague and broad claims, unclear statements around recyclability, and ‘natural' looking images and logos.

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Unilever is a defensive blue-chip company, which can provide stability in your portfolio. The company currently offers an attractive dividend yield of almost 4% and is significantly higher compared to its peers. Unilever is well-positioned for a turnaround, which could result in increased profitability and further dividend growth.

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Unilever is undergoing a management change and starting fresh with a new approach, showing potential for a turnaround. The valuation gap between Unilever and its competitor Procter & Gamble is widening, suggesting undervaluation of Unilever. Unilever has a number of key strengths, including its strong position in emerging markets and a well-diversified and innovative product portfolio.

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Looking at a slightly longer term, UL stock is down 17% from levels seen in late 2019.

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The consumer products titan has been going through a period of significant change. The CEO overseeing those changes has moved on, and a successor has moved in.

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Unilever rose 1.4% supported by positive comments from Barclays which has high hopes for new chief executive, Hein Schumacher. The broker has upgraded the Marmite owner to overweight from neutral and raised its price target to 4,600p.

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Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher will have his pay frozen until 2026. Shareholders voted against his base salary of $1.96 million at the AGM in May.

The CEO of Unilever won't get a pay increase for 2 years after a backlash from shareholders

Unilever is freezing its chief executive's salary for two years after shareholders complained about the level of top executives' pay packages at the household goods giant. Hein Schumacher, in charge since July, will not receive a fixed pay increase in 2024 and 2025 after a58% shareholder vote against the pay deals at the annual general meeting.

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Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL ) Q3 2023 Results Conference Call October 26, 2023 3:30 AM ET Company Participants Hein Schumacher - Chief Executive Officer Graeme Pitkethly - Chief Financial Officer Jemma Spalton - Head of Investor Relations Conference Call Participants Rashad Kawan - Morgan Stanley Warren Ackerman - Barclays Guillaume Delmas - UBS Bruno Monteyne - Bernstein James Edward Jones - RBC Tom Skykes - Deutsche Jeff Stent - BNP Karel Zoete - Kepler Celine Pannuti - JPM Hein Schumacher Good morning, and welcome to Unilever's Third Quarter Trading Statement and CEO update. Today's agenda will run as follows.

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Unilever is selling Dollar Shave Club seven years after paying $1 billion for the brand. Nexus Capital Management, which owns Toms, will have majority ownership of Dollar Shave.

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