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Unilever (Unilever) Interest Coverage

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Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Unilever's Operating Income for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-22,287 Mil. Unilever's Interest Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-609 Mil. did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Unilever's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

UL' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.25   Med: 13.4   Max: 19.33
Current: 9.25


UL's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
52.29% of 1375 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 8.41 vs UL: 9.25

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Unilever Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Unilever's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Unilever Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.00 13.31 19.33 12.33 9.34

Unilever Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Interest Coverage Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 18.44 83.74 - 58.95 -

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unilever's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Unilever Interest Coverage Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Unilever's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Unilever's Interest Coverage falls into.



Unilever Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Unilever's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Unilever's Interest Expense was $-1,172 Mil. Its Operating Income was $10,950 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $25,836 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*10949.836/-1172.301
=9.34

Unilever's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the six months ended in Dec. 2023, Unilever's Interest Expense was $-609 Mil. Its Operating Income was $-22,287 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $25,836 Mil.

Unilever did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Unilever  (NYSE:UL) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Unilever (Unilever) Business Description

Address
100 Victoria Embankment, London, GBR, EC4Y 0DY
Unilever is a diversified personal-care (52% of 2022 sales by value), homecare (14%), and packaged food (34%) company. Its brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemme haircare brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years; notable purchases include Paula's Choice, Liquid I.V., Horlicks, Garancia, and The Vegetarian Butcher.