Unilever UL
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Unilever (UL) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2021)

Unilever (UL) posted quarterly Retained Earnings of $508.2 million for Q2 2021, up 51.77% year-over-year from $334.8 million in Q2 2020, and up 15.2% quarter-over-quarter from $441.1 million in Q4 2020.

Unilever (UL) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

Unilever's Retained Earnings history runs 13 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $508.2 million for Q2 2021.

  • In Q2 2021, Retained Earnings rose 51.77% year-over-year to $508.2 million; the TTM figure through Jun 2021 stood at $508.2 million (up 51.77% YoY), while the FY2020 annual figure was $441.1 million, down 97.81% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q2 2021 stood at $508.2 million, up from $441.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Retained Earnings was $32.8 billion in Q2 2018, with the low at -$16.0 billion in Q4 2017.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $508.2 million (2021), against an average of $9.7 billion.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2017 and 2018: Retained Earnings plunged 163.92% in 2017, then soared 285.66% in 2018.
  • Unilever's Retained Earnings stood at -$16.0 billion in 2017, then jumped by 285.66% to $29.7 billion in 2018, then plunged by 32.13% to $20.2 billion in 2019, then plunged by 97.81% to $441.1 million in 2020, then increased by 15.2% to $508.2 million in 2021.
  • Business Quant data shows UL's Retained Earnings at $508.2 million in Q2 2021, $441.1 million in Q4 2020, and $334.8 million in Q2 2020.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 Procter & Gamble 334.68 Bn 324.73 Bn 10.28 Bn 135.85 Bn
2 Unilever 135.06 Bn 122.54 Bn - -
3 Colgate Palmolive 73.11 Bn 71.74 Bn 3.30 Bn 27.09 Bn
4 Kenvue 36.14 Bn 35.03 Bn 2.30 Bn 16.40 Bn
5 Kimberly Clark 35.84 Bn 34.89 Bn 1.60 Bn 9.77 Bn
6 Estee Lauder Companies 30.63 Bn 27.51 Bn 2.84 Bn 11.59 Bn
7 Church & Dwight 23.49 Bn 23.23 Bn 693.90 Mn 7.04 Bn
8 Clorox 12.90 Bn 12.75 Bn 804.00 Mn 386.00 Mn
9 Yatsen Holding 5.79 Bn 5.65 Bn 153.20 Mn -1.15 Bn
10 e.l.f. Beauty 5.48 Bn 5.13 Bn 398.84 Mn -89.33 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2021 508.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 441.15 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 334.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 20.16 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 29.70 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 32.82 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 -16.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 25.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 24.79 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 -59.43 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 -57.33 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 -52.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 -52.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 -51.49 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 -51.54 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 26.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 -44.19 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 25.62 Bn