NYSE:ULUnilever Stock Price, Forecast & News

Unilever's stock was trading at $52.47 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UL stock has increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $55.67. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unilever in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Unilever.

Unilever announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.4445 per share on Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View Unilever's dividend history.

10 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Unilever's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Unilever's stock price to reach $45.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 19.2%. View analysts' price targets for Unilever.

News coverage about UL stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Unilever earned a coverage optimism score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Unilever.

Unilever saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,660,000 shares, a drop of 8.1% from the May 31st total of 5,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,720,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Unilever's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Unilever include Unilever (UN), Ecolab (ECL), Church & Dwight (CHD), SYMRISE AG/ADR (SYIEY) and Stepan (SCL). View all competitors.

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Unilever trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UL."

Shares of UL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of UL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.67.

Unilever has a market capitalization of $65.05 billion and generates $58.22 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $6.30 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.86 on an earnings per share basis. Unilever employs 149,867 workers across the globe.

The official website for Unilever is www.unilever.com.

Unilever's mailing address is 100 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0, EC4Y 0DY. The company can be reached via phone at 44-20-7822-5252 or via email at investor.relati[email protected]