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UNILEVER · Unilever Nigeria Plc
Unilever Nigeria Plc
UNILEVERNGXEquity · Ordinary SharesConsumer GoodsPersonal Care
Current price
18.45NGN
Open
18.73
Previous close
18.65
Today's range
18.44 – 18.79
52-week high
20.05
52-week low
17.34
Deals
777
Volume
850.0K
Value traded
₦15.7M
Market cap
₦106.00B
YTD performance
-1.07%
Company profile
Unilever Nigeria Plc is a leading consumer & goods operator in Nigeria, with operations spanning multiple states and a track record across investment cycles.
- CEO
- Carl Cruz
- HQ
- Lagos
- Founded
- 1923
- Employees
- 1,500
- Sector
- Consumer Goods
- Sub-sector
- Personal Care
- Ticker
- UNILEVER
- Website
- unilever.ng
- Beta
- 0.69
AI-generated summary
Unilever Nigeria Plc (UNILEVER) operates in Nigeria's consumer & goods value chain with an estimated FY2024 revenue of ₦85bn and PAT of ₦9bn. Headline ROE is 8.5% and leverage sits at 0.50x debt-to-equity, mapping to a composite risk score of 20/100 (Low).
Bull case
- Scale leadership within its consumer & goods sub-sector with durable distribution moat.
- Resilient ROE supports re-rating if rates ease in H2.
- Capital-light reinvestment runway versus listed peers.
Bear case
- FX volatility could compress imported-input margins.
- Working-capital build-up in a 27.5% MPR environment.
- Sector regulatory cadence could front-load compliance cost.
Key risks
- Macro: persistent inflation > 25% pressuring real demand.
- Sector-specific regulatory action and tariff resets.
- Single-market concentration in Nigeria.
Recent developments
- Board recommended final dividend at last AGM cycle.
- Operational expansion announced in Lagos corridor.
- Engagement with CBN on FX repatriation framework noted in latest filing.
Recent news
- positiveProshare Markets· 09 JunUnilever Nigeria Plc signs MoU with CBN on FX repatriation framework
- neutralNGX Wire· 07 JunUNILEVER crosses key technical level on rising volume
- negativeProshare Research· 04 JunAnalysts trim UNILEVER FY26 EPS estimate by 4% on margin pressure
- positiveBusinessDay· 01 JunUnilever Nigeria Plc expands Lagos operations with NGN 2.1bn capex