Unilever Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unilever in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Unilever stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Unilever saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 1,710,000 shares, an increase of 102.8% from the January 28th total of 843,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,240,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days.
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Unilever's stock was trading at $52.47 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UL shares have increased by 1.9% and is now trading at $53.48.
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Unilever announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.5139 per share on Wednesday, March 17th. This represents a $2.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 25th. This is a boost from Unilever's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48.
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Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.82%. Unilever does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Unilever is 71.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Unilever will have a dividend payout ratio of 67.55% next year. This indicates that Unilever will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Unilever's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Unilever's share price to reach $45.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.9%.
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Unilever trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UL."

Unilever's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (1.61%), Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC (0.95%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.56%), Norges Bank (0.52%), Morgan Stanley (0.37%) and Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.37%).

UL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Gabalex Capital Management LLC, Verition Fund Management LLC, Federated Hermes Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Cowen Investment Management LLC, Fiera Capital Corp, and Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA.

UL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Gardner Russo & Gardner LLC, Norges Bank, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Northern Trust Corp, Coho Partners Ltd., Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, and Lazard Asset Management LLC.

Shares of UL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.48.

Unilever has a market capitalization of $62.49 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 following companies are subsidiares of Unilever: Alberto Culver, Ben & Jerry's, Blueair, Carver Korea, Concern Kalina, Dermalogica, Dollar Shave Club, Grom Social Enterprises, Hourglass, Inmarko, Kate Somerville Skincare, Living Proof, Murad, Mãe Terra, Pukka Herbs, Qinyuan Group, Ren Skincare, Seventh Generation, Sir Kensington’s, SlimFast, SmartyPants Vitamins, Sundial Brands, T2 Tea, TIGI International, Talenti Gelato & Sorbetto, Tatcha, Tazo, The Laundress Inc, The Vegetarian Butcher, and Unilever Ingman Production.

Unilever was founded in 1929.

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

Unilever is headquartered at 100 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON X0, EC4Y 0DY.

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 [email protected]