Unilever's (ULVR) Underperform Rating Reaffirmed at Jefferies Financial Group

Key Points

• Jefferies reaffirmed its “underperform” rating on Unilever and maintained a GBX 4,000 price target, implying approximately 15.36% downside from the previous close.
• Analyst sentiment remains cautious: Unilever has a consensus “Reduce” rating and a GBX 4,770 target price, based on one Buy, three Hold, and two Sell ratings.
• Unilever shares fell 0.3% to GBX 4,726 during Tuesday trading, while the company’s market capitalization stood at approximately £101.78 billion.

Unilever (LON:ULVR - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "underperform" rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group in a research note issued on Tuesday, Digital Look reports. They currently have a GBX 4,000 target price on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group's target price indicates a potential downside of 15.36% from the company's previous close.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on ULVR. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 5,150 target price on shares of Unilever in a research report on Monday. Berenberg Bank upped their price target on shares of Unilever from GBX 5,040 to GBX 5,050 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of Unilever to a "sector perform" rating and increased their price target for the stock from GBX 4,300 to GBX 4,600 in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Reduce" and a consensus target price of GBX 4,770.

Unilever Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of Unilever stock traded down GBX 12 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching GBX 4,726. 45,299,355 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 26,896,660. Unilever has a 52-week low of GBX 3,644 and a 52-week high of GBX 5,526. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 4,660.71 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 4,487.42. The company has a current ratio of 0.74, a quick ratio of 0.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 198.28. The firm has a market capitalization of £101.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.72 and a beta of 0.46.

Unilever Company Profile

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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