Unilever (ULVR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. Brightening everyday life for all. Our global footprint and reach extends to sales in over 190 countries and products used by 3.4 billion people every day. For more information about Unilever and our brands, please visit www.unilever.com. https://www.unilever.com/our-company/at-a-glance/ https://www.unilever.com/investors/why-invest-in-unilever/

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 4,596.50 to 4,640
• 50-Day Range: 4,188.50 to 4,998
• 52-Week Range: 3,644 to 5,526
• Volume: 14.24 million shs
• Average Volume: 26.73 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £99.25 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.66
• Dividend Yield: 3.58%
• Price Target: GBX 4,753.33
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Unilever Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Unilever scored higher than 36% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Unilever has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.83, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Unilever is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Unilever has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Unilever is 10.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.58.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Unilever is 10.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 13.35.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Unilever has a PEG Ratio of 16.72. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Unilever has a P/B Ratio of 5.04. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ULVR.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Unilever is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.58%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Unilever does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Unilever is 47.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.47

News Sentiment

Unilever has a news sentiment score of 0.47. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Unilever this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for ULVR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Unilever insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.40% of the stock of Unilever is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

45.81% of the stock of Unilever is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Personal Care Products
• Sub-Industry: Personal Care Products
• Current Symbol: LON:ULVR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.unilever.co.uk
• Phone: +44-20-78225252
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 148,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Unilever: GBX 4,753.33
• High Price Target: GBX 5,700
• Low Price Target: GBX 3,900
• Potential Upside/Downside: +3.2%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.83
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 432
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.61
• P/E Growth: 16.72
• Net Income: £7.79 billion
• Net Margins: 12.26%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 35.40%
• Return on Assets: 8.62%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 198.28
• Current Ratio: 0.74
• Quick Ratio: 0.49

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £50.62 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.96
• Cash Flow: GBX 288.43 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.97
• Book Value: GBX 914.45 per share
• Price / Book: 5.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,154,327,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £99.21 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.45