Unilever (UL) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026)
Unilever's Short-term Investments came in at $1.54 billion for Q2 2026, up 20.9% from $1.27 billion a year earlier.
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Unilever (UL) Short-term Investments (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Unilever's Short-term Investments was $1.27 billion, down 12.0% from FY2024.
- Short-term Investments carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Short-term Investments was $1.44 billion in FY2024 (-23.1%), $1.87 billion in FY2023 (+23.8%), $1.51 billion in FY2022 (+10.6%) and $1.37 billion in FY2021 (+48.3%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Short-term Investments since Q2 2024.
- Year-over-year, Short-term Investments increased in 1 of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 7.3%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Short-term Investments over five years came in Q2 2022 (growth of 43.7%), and the weakest in Q4 2024 (a decline of 23.7%).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 144.12 Bn | 95.58 Bn | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 84.19 Bn | 77.20 Bn | 3.92 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 35.81 Bn | 32.54 Bn | 1.51 Bn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 29.23 Bn | 16.88 Bn | 1.99 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 19.05 Bn | 16.70 Bn | 1.49 Bn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.93 Bn | 13.71 Bn | 979.60 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 13.03 Bn | 12.10 Bn | 794.90 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 12.08 Bn | 8.75 Bn | 471.52 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 9.17 Bn | 6.46 Bn | 1.01 Bn |
| 10 | Lamb Weston Holdings | 7.60 Bn | 7.23 Bn | 266.50 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.91 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 5.95 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.41 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.77 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.87 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 6.52 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.92 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 6.14 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 7.15 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.18 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 6.03 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 7.82 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 6.70 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 5.70 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 5.49 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 4.69 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 1.00 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 919.51 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 943.94 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 633.46 Mn |
API Access
Unilever Short-term Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=UL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "ticker": "UL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=UL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();