Unilever (UL) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025)

Unilever (UL) recorded quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.4 in Q4 2025, up 22.62% quarter-over-quarter from 0.33 in Q2 2025, and little changed on a YoY basis from 0.4 in Q4 2024.

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.

  • In Q4 2025, Debt Ratio changed 0.16% year-over-year to 0.4; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at 0.4 (changed 0.16% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.4, changed 0.16% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.4 for Q4 2025 at Unilever, up from 0.33 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.4 in Q4 2024 to a low of 0.29 in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.35 across 5 years, with a median of 0.35 in 2022.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Debt Ratio declined 13.52% in 2021, then increased 8.8% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it 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.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.4 (Q4 2025), 0.33 (Q2 2025), and 0.4 (Q4 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Tantech Holdings 587.03 Bn 587.00 Bn - 0.00
2 Procter & Gamble 346.82 Bn 334.74 Bn 10.51 Bn 0.29
3 Unilever 145.94 Bn 135.46 Bn - 0.40
4 Colgate Palmolive 70.39 Bn 69.40 Bn 3.23 Bn 0.48
5 Kenvue 34.34 Bn 34.23 Bn 2.30 Bn 0.32
6 Kimberly Clark 33.38 Bn 32.96 Bn 1.53 Bn 0.41
7 Estee Lauder Companies 31.47 Bn 28.34 Bn 2.84 Bn 0.35
8 Church & Dwight 22.92 Bn 22.42 Bn 681.40 Mn 0.27
9 Clorox 11.90 Bn 10.87 Bn 722.00 Mn 0.39
10 e.l.f. Beauty 3.24 Bn 2.95 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 0.28
Jun 30, 2017 0.25
Dec 31, 2016 0.29
Jun 30, 2016 0.20