ULUnilever PLC

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RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 69 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Above average. Unilever PLC scores higher than 73% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital.

Consumer Defensive median 65 · all companies 57

Valuation

26% of the score

78median 56

Unilever PLC is valued at 15.2x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
15.2x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

81median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 16% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
16%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 14%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

28median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 0 cents. New capital earned -4.9%, and 6.2% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
-0.3%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

92median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 3.5% a year over 5 years: buybacks
100
5%
-3%
-3.5%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 0.8% a year, sales -0.1%
79
12%
-2%
0.9%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

61median 62

Today's operating margin of 18% is 1.06x its normal 17%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 18%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

66median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA2x a year of EBITDA
62
4.5x
0.5x
2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 9x
70
1.5x
12x
8.8x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

72median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.26x profit over 3 years
94
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 1.5% of assets
49
8%
0%
-8%
1.5%
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2025-12-31, latest annual report FY2025.