Unilever's Fiscal 2025 First Quarter Overview

Unilever plc announced on Thursday a slight decrease in its first-quarter turnover for fiscal 2025, reporting €14.8 billion, a 0.9% decline from the previous year. Despite this, the company showcased a resilient underlying sales growth of 3%.

Segment Performance Highlights

The breakdown by segment reveals Food leading with €3.4 billion in turnover, closely followed by Personal Care and Beauty and Wellbeing, each contributing €3.3 billion. Home Care and Ice Cream segments added €3 billion and €1.8 billion respectively to the revenue.

Leadership's Perspective

"Our first-quarter underlying sales growth of 3% underscores the strength of our premium and innovation-driven portfolio in developed markets. We are implementing strategies to accelerate growth in emerging markets for the remainder of the year," stated CEO Fernando Fernandez, reflecting on the company's performance.