Unilever (LON:ULVR) Stock Keeps Underperform Rating at Jefferies Financial Group

Key Points

• Jefferies reiterated its “underperform” rating on Unilever and maintained a GBX 4,000 price target, implying approximately 17% downside from the stock’s current level.
• Analyst sentiment is broadly neutral: Unilever has one Buy, three Hold, and one Sell rating, resulting in a consensus “Hold” rating and an average target price of GBX 4,900.
• Unilever shares fell 1.4% to GBX 4,823 during Wednesday trading, while the company’s market capitalization stood at approximately £103.87 billion.

Unilever (LON:ULVR - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "underperform" rating reiterated by Jefferies Financial Group in a report released on Wednesday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 4,000 price objective on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group's price objective indicates a potential downside of 17.06% from the company's current price.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Berenberg Bank lifted their price objective on Unilever from GBX 5,040 to GBX 5,050 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "hold" rating and set a GBX 5,150 target price on shares of Unilever in a report on Monday, October 12th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded Unilever to a "sector perform" rating and raised their price target for the stock from GBX 4,300 to GBX 4,600 in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 4,900.

Unilever Trading Down 1.4%

LON:ULVR traded down GBX 69.50 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching GBX 4,823. The company's stock had a trading volume of 62,170,379 shares, compared to its average volume of 25,752,545. The firm has a market capitalization of £103.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.38, a PEG ratio of 16.72 and a beta of 0.46. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 4,713.79 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 4,645.06. Unilever has a 1 year low of GBX 3,644 and a 1 year high of GBX 5,526. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 198.28, a quick ratio of 0.48 and a current ratio of 0.74.

About Unilever

The world's best‑known brands, creating Desire at Scale. Unilever employed approximately 116,000 people in 2025 and generated €50.5 billion in turnover for the year. We have around 400 brands found in homes all over the world, with many iconic names including Dove, Hellmann's, Knorr, OMO and Surf. We create culturally connected brands. Connecting with people where and how it matters to them, pioneering change, defining the future and delivering impact. Our vision is to be the global leader in sustainable business, market-making, culture-creating, future-shaping.

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