Unilever UL
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Unilever (UL) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2017)

Unilever (UL) posted quarterly Capital Expenditures of -$1.9 billion for Q4 2017, up 5.87% year-over-year from -$1.8 billion in Q4 2016, and up 5.87% quarter-over-quarter from -$2.0 billion in Q4 2016.

Unilever (UL) Capital Expenditures (2009 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

Unilever's Capital Expenditures history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$1.9 billion for Q4 2017.

  • In Q4 2017, Capital Expenditures rose 5.87% year-over-year to -$1.9 billion; the TTM figure through Dec 2017 stood at -$8.8 billion (up 8.84% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $1.6 billion, up 7.11% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures for Q4 2017 stood at -$1.9 billion, up from -$2.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Capital Expenditures was -$825.3 million in Q2 2013, with the low at -$2.8 billion in Q4 2013.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is -$2.2 billion (2016), against an average of -$2.1 billion.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2013 and 2015: Capital Expenditures climbed 0.73% in 2013, then advanced 11.06% in 2015.
  • Unilever's Capital Expenditures stood at -$2.8 billion in 2013, then gained by 7.36% to -$2.6 billion in 2014, then grew by 11.06% to -$2.3 billion in 2015, then rose by 10.8% to -$2.0 billion in 2016, then gained by 5.87% to -$1.9 billion in 2017.
  • Business Quant data shows UL's Capital Expenditures at -$1.9 billion in Q4 2017, -$2.0 billion in Q4 2016, and -$2.3 billion in Q4 2015.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capex (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 334.68 Bn 324.73 Bn 10.28 Bn 1.02 Bn
2 Unilever 135.06 Bn 122.54 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.11 Bn 71.74 Bn 3.30 Bn 128.00 Mn
4 Kenvue 36.14 Bn 35.03 Bn 2.30 Bn 64.00 Mn
5 Kimberly Clark 35.84 Bn 34.89 Bn 1.60 Bn 352.00 Mn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 30.63 Bn 27.51 Bn 2.84 Bn 102.00 Mn
7 Church & Dwight 23.49 Bn 23.23 Bn 693.90 Mn 29.90 Mn
8 Clorox 12.90 Bn 12.75 Bn 804.00 Mn 86.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 5.79 Bn 5.65 Bn 153.20 Mn -
10 e.l.f. Beauty 5.48 Bn 5.13 Bn 398.84 Mn 1.43 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2017 -1.91 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 -1.91 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -2.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -2.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -2.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -2.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -2.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -2.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 -2.76 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 -2.76 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 -825.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -825.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -2.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 -2.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 -2.66 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 -2.66 Bn
Oct 21, 2011 -1.28 Bn
Oct 21, 2011 -1.28 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 -2.31 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 -2.31 Bn