Unilever (UL) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2017)

Unilever's (UL) quarterly Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$6.9 billion in Q4 2017, down 101.1% year-on-year from $630.3 billion in Q4 2016, and down 101.1% quarter-over-quarter from -$3.4 billion in Q4 2016.

Unilever (UL) Cash from Investing Activities (2009 - 2017) Analysis & Trends

Unilever's Cash from Investing Activities history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$6.9 billion for Q4 2017.

  • On a quarterly basis, Cash from Investing Activities fell 101.1% year-over-year to -$6.9 billion in Q4 2017; TTM through Dec 2017 was -$14.7 billion, a 57.27% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at -$3.5 billion, down 669.45% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities slipped to -$6.9 billion in Q4 2017 per UL's latest filing, from -$3.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Investing Activities topped out at -$426.2 million in Q4 2014 and bottomed at -$6.9 billion in Q4 2017.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$3.4 billion (2016), against an average of -$3.2 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Cash from Investing Activities soared 73.03% in 2014 and tumbled 810.19% in 2015, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$1.6 billion in 2013, then surged by 73.03% to -$426.2 million in 2014, then tumbled by 810.19% to -$3.9 billion in 2015, then increased by 11.27% to -$3.4 billion in 2016, then plunged by 101.1% to -$6.9 billion in 2017.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest UL Cash from Investing Activities figures stand at -$6.9 billion (Q4 2017), -$3.4 billion (Q4 2016), and -$3.9 billion (Q4 2015).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 345.95 Bn 333.64 Bn 10.51 Bn -665.00 Mn
2 Unilever 134.07 Bn 123.59 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.64 Bn 72.30 Bn 3.23 Bn -122.00 Mn
4 Kenvue 37.28 Bn 37.17 Bn 2.30 Bn -167.00 Mn
5 Kimberly Clark 36.96 Bn 36.42 Bn 1.53 Bn -355.00 Mn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 30.06 Bn 26.94 Bn 2.84 Bn -96.00 Mn
7 Church & Dwight 23.36 Bn 22.86 Bn 681.40 Mn -33.50 Mn
8 Clorox 11.85 Bn 10.66 Bn 722.00 Mn -43.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 6.39 Bn 6.25 Bn 153.20 Mn -
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.86 Bn 4.57 Bn 326.45 Mn -2.30 Mn

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2017 -6.92 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 -6.92 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -3.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 -3.44 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -3.88 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 -3.88 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 -426.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -426.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -1.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 -1.58 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 -979.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -979.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -6.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 -6.02 Bn
Oct 21, 2011 -3.24 Bn
Oct 21, 2011 -3.24 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 122.22 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 122.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 614.65 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 614.65 Mn