Which is more profitable, Unilever or Walmart?

Unilever keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Unilever or Walmart?

Walmart grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Unilever or Walmart?

Unilever costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Unilever or Walmart?

Walmart would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Unilever vs Walmart stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Unilever is more profitable and is cheaper for its profits. Walmart grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Unilever	Walmart
	$143 billion	$1.02 trillion
	18.7%	3.1%
	−5.6%	+5.0%
	13.7×	46.4×
	2.1 years	1.2 years
	18.4%	15.7%
	3.4%	0.8%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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