Unilever (UL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Unilever's (UL) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.4 in Q4 2025, little changed year-on-year from 0.4 in Q4 2024, and up 22.62% quarter-over-quarter from 0.33 in Q2 2025.

Unilever (UL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Unilever's Debt Ratio history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.4 for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Debt Ratio changed 0.16% year-over-year to 0.4 in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.4, a 0.16% change from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.31, down 21.8% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio grew to 0.4 in Q4 2025 per UL's latest filing, from 0.33 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.4 in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 0.29 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.35 (2022), against an average of 0.35.
  • Across the five-year window, Debt Ratio retreated 13.52% in 2021 and gained 8.8% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Debt Ratio stood at 0.4 in 2021, then dropped by 5.57% to 0.38 in 2022, then rose by 3.86% to 0.39 in 2023, then gained by 2.12% to 0.4 in 2024, then declined by 0.16% to 0.4 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest UL Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.4 (Q4 2025), 0.33 (Q2 2025), and 0.4 (Q4 2024).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 346.53 Bn 334.22 Bn 10.51 Bn 0.29
2 Unilever 134.70 Bn 124.22 Bn - 0.40
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.77 Bn 72.43 Bn 3.23 Bn 0.48
4 Kenvue 37.26 Bn 37.15 Bn 2.30 Bn 0.32
5 Kimberly Clark 36.93 Bn 36.39 Bn 1.53 Bn 0.41
6 Estee Lauder Companies 29.54 Bn 26.42 Bn 2.84 Bn 0.37
7 Church & Dwight 23.36 Bn 22.86 Bn 681.40 Mn 0.27
8 Clorox 11.74 Bn 10.55 Bn 722.00 Mn 0.39
9 Yatsen Holding 6.28 Bn 6.13 Bn 153.20 Mn 0.01
10 e.l.f. Beauty 4.66 Bn 4.37 Bn 326.45 Mn 0.35

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.40
Jun 30, 2025 0.33
Dec 31, 2024 0.40
Jun 30, 2024 0.30
Dec 31, 2023 0.39
Jun 30, 2023 0.31
Dec 31, 2022 0.38
Jun 30, 2022 0.29
Dec 31, 2021 0.40
Jun 30, 2021 0.30
Dec 31, 2020 0.40
Jun 30, 2020 0.34
Dec 31, 2019 0.44
Jun 30, 2019 0.36
Dec 31, 2018 0.44
Jun 30, 2018 0.63
Dec 31, 2017 0.27
Jun 30, 2017 0.25
Dec 31, 2016 0.10
Jun 30, 2016 0.20