Unilever (UL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Unilever plc is a global consumer goods company that develops and sells products across beauty and wellbeing, personal care, home care and food. Its brands include Dove, Vaseline, Knorr, Hellmann’s and Persil, with offerings ranging from skincare and haircare to household cleaning products, condiments and packaged foods.

The company traces its origins to the 1929 merger of British soap maker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie. Unilever serves consumers in markets around the world through retail and other distribution channels.

Headquartered in London, Unilever operates as a UK-based public company. Its portfolio and business structure have evolved over time as it has expanded and reshaped its consumer goods operations.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $65.13 to $66.44
• 50-Day Range: $59.56 to $67.76
• 52-Week Range: $54.75 to $74.97
• Volume: 2.50 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.07 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $142.30 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.18%
• Price Target: $68.37
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Unilever Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Unilever scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 81st out of 164 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Unilever has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.37, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 7 buy ratings, 9 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 been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.94%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Unilever are expected to grow by 3.94% in the coming year, from $3.55 to $3.69 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Unilever has a PEG Ratio of 2.55. 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 7.25. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.21% of the float of Unilever has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Unilever has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.33, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Unilever has recently decreased by 10.67%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Unilever pays a meaningful dividend of 3.14%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Unilever will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.91% next year. This indicates that Unilever will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.74

News Sentiment

Unilever has a news sentiment score of 0.74. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.50 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Unilever this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 28 people have searched for UL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -22% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Unilever to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 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

1.00% of the stock of Unilever is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

9.67% of the stock of Unilever is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Record date for 9/18 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/18 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/18/2026
• Today: 11/06/2026
• Record date for 12/18 Dividend: 11/13/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/18 Dividend: 11/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/18/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Personal Care Products
• Sub-Industry: Personal Care Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:UL
• CIK: 217410
• Web: www.unilever.com
• Phone: 442078225252
• Fax: 44-0-20-7822-5464
• Employees: 96,092
• Year Founded: 1894

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Unilever: $68.37
• High Price Target: $74.00
• Low Price Target: $60.10
• Potential Upside/Downside: +3.5%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.37
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.90
• P/E Growth: 2.55
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.74
• Quick Ratio: 0.58

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $57.13 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.49
• Cash Flow: $4.15 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.90
• Book Value: $9.12 per share
• Price / Book: 7.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,154,500,000
• Free Float: 2,132,956,000
• Market Cap: $142.30 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.43