Is UL halal?
Unilever PLC
Halal
Unilever PLC passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 15 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
66.04
Day
+2.12%
Market cap
$139.79B
Industry
Household & Personal Products
Sector
Consumer Defensive
What the company does
Unilever (UK) owns consumer brands: Dove, Rexona, Axe, Vaseline (beauty/personal care — the largest unit), Omo/Persil, Domestos (home care), Knorr and Hellmann's (food). Ice cream (Magnum) was spun off in 2025.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $30.94B ÷ 36-month average market cap $139.19B = 22.2%
22.2%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $9.52B ÷ 36-month average market cap $139.19B = 6.8%
6.8%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $446.24M ÷ annual revenue $56.62B (2025) = 0.8%
0.8%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $139.79B.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Among halal stocks
- 0.20% · #71 of 1454
- Held by funds
- SPWO 0.65%
- Dividend
- 3.02% · purify 0.8% · net 2.99%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 5 superinvestors · Average reported price: $60.12
- Tweedy Browne$3.0M0.2%
- Yacktman Asset Management$14.5M0.2%
- First Eagle Investment Management$101.3M0.1%
- Bill NygrenOakmark Funds$272K0.0%
- Dodge & Cox Funds$315K0.0%
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