unilever plc reported thursday an increase in net profit for 2022 beating market expectations for the year while fourth quarter turnover rose the anglodutch retailerwhich owns consumer brands such as ben  jerrys ice cream and dove soapposted a net profit of 764 billion euros 818 billion for the year compared with eur605 billion for 2021 and a consensus of eur648 billion taken from factset and based on 18 analysts estimates adjusted operating profitone of the companys preferred metrics which strips out exceptional and other oneoff itemswas eur968 billion compared with eur964 billion in 2021 and a companycompiled consensus of eur965 billion turnover rose to eur6007 billion from eur5244 billion for the yearearlier period turnover was expected to rise to eur5985 billion for 2022 according to the companycompiled consensus for the fourth quarter turnover rose 114 to eur1461 billion compared to a consensus of eur1439 billion underlying sales growth for the full year accelerated to 90 driven by price action in response to high input cost inflation and across all business groups within this prices rose 113 though volumes fell 21 the board declared a fourthquarter dividend of eur04268 flat on a year prior the company continues to expects high cost inflation in 2023 and sees fullyear underlying sales growth in the upper half of its multiyear range of 35