Global brands such as Unilever often create sentimental values for small-scale and general investors, said a stockbroker asking not to be named. In addition to the name-change, the company was previously placed in the "Pharmaceutical and Chemicals" sector category of the bourse but now has been placed under "Food & Allied" sector category with effect from November 26. Unilever Consumer Care earlier reported a profit of Tk 45.8 crore for the first nine months the year, down 12.3 per cent year-on-year. The decline resulted from lower sales due to coronavirus pandemic, higher inflation in raw material price, increased custom duty on the DMI from the 2020 fiscal budget and write-off of obsolete ERP system, the company said in a web posting on the Dhaka Stock Exchange website on October 28. The company was listed with the Dhaka bourse in 1976 and has been consistently paying out cash dividend to its investors, at least in the recent several years.