NYSE:ULUnilever Stock Price, Forecast & News

$53.61

+1.37 (+2.62 %)

(As of 05/28/2020 04:00 PM ET)

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Today's Range

$53.24

Now: $53.61▼

$53.97

50-Day Range

$49.78

MA: $51.62▼

$53.59

52-Week Range

$44.06

Now: $53.61▼

$64.84

Volume2.43 million shs

Average Volume1.56 million shs

Market Capitalization$62.64 billion

P/E Ratio18.74

Dividend Yield3.37%

Beta0.51

Unilever PLC operates in the fast moving consumer goods industry worldwide. It operates through Beauty & Personal Care, Foods & Refreshment, and Home Care segments. The Beauty & Personal Care segment offers skin care and hair care products, deodorants, and oral care products primarily under the Axe, Dove, Lux, Rexona, Sunsilk, TRESemmé, Signal, Lifebuoy, and Vaseline brands. The Foods & Refreshment segment provides soups, bouillons, sauces, snacks, mayonnaise, salad dressings, margarines and spreads, ice creams, and tea-based beverages primarily under the Knorr, Hellmann's, Magnum, Lipton, Heart, Brooke Bond, and Ben & Jerry's brand names. The Home Care segment offers home care products, such as powders, liquids and capsules, soap bars, and a range of cleaning products, as well as water purification products primarily under the Dirt is Good, Surf, Comfort, Domestos, Sunlight, Cif, Seventh Generation, Blueair, Pureit, and Truliva/Qinyuan brands. Unilever PLC was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Beat the Market (BTM) Rank^™

2.0 Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
Unilever has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $45.00, Unilever has a potential downside of 16.1% from its current price of $53.61.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Unilever has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

1.7 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
Unilever has received 435 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
Unilever has received 811 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
Unilever has received 65.09% “underperform” votes from our community.

MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Unilever and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe UL will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe UL will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days.

3.3 Dividend Strength

Dividend Leadership
Unilever is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.37%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.
Dividend Growth
Unilever has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Unilever is 61.54 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
Dividend Sustainability
Based on earnings estimates, Unilever will have a dividend payout ratio of 62.41 % next year. This indicates that Unilever will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

0.0 Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, Unilever insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 1.00% of the stock of Unilever is held by insiders.
Percentage Held by Institutions
Only 7.30% of the stock of Unilever is held by institutions.

1.3 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Unilever are expected to grow by 6.02% in the coming year, from $2.66 to $2.82 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Unilever is 18.74, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 14.99.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Unilever is 18.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 36.68.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Unilever has a P/B Ratio of 4.03. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Overall Beat the Market Rank^™

1.66 out of 5 stars

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange NYSE

Industry Soap, detergents, & cleaning preparations; perfumes, & cosmetics

Sub-IndustryN/A

SectorConsumer Staples

Current SymbolNYSE:UL

Previous Symbol

CUSIPN/A

CIK217410

Webwww.unilever.com

Phone44-20-7822-5252

Debt

Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A

Current Ratio0.78

Quick Ratio0.58

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio18.74

Forward P/E Ratio20.15

P/E GrowthN/A

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$58.22 billion

Price / Sales1.08

Cash Flow$8.72 per share

Price / Cash Flow6.15

Book Value$13.31 per share

Price / Book4.03

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A

Net IncomeN/A

Net MarginsN/A

Return on EquityN/A

Return on AssetsN/A

Miscellaneous

Employees149,867

Outstanding Shares1,168,531,000

Market Cap$62.64 billion

Next Earnings DateN/A

OptionableOptionable

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Unilever (NYSE:UL) Frequently Asked Questions

How has Unilever's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?

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 2.2% and is now trading at $53.61. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Unilever?

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

How often does Unilever pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Unilever?

Unilever announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 27th. Investors of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.4445 per share on Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. View Unilever's dividend history.

What price target have analysts set for UL?

8 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Unilever's shares. 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 16.1%. View analysts' price targets for Unilever.

Has Unilever been receiving favorable news coverage?

News headlines about UL stock have trended somewhat negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Unilever earned a media sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutUnilever.

Are investors shorting Unilever?

Unilever saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,660,000 shares, an increase of 53.1% from the April 30th total of 2,390,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,720,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Unilever's Current Options Chain.

Who are some of Unilever's key competitors?

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.

What other stocks do shareholders of Unilever own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Unilever investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Hawkins (HWKN), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM), Micron Technology (MU) and Transocean (RIG).

Who are Unilever's key executives?

Unilever's management team includes the following people:

Mr. Graeme David Pitkethly, CFO & Exec. Director (Age 52)
Mr. Alan W. Jope, Chief Exec. Officer (Age 55)
Mr. Richard Williams, Investor Relations Officer
Ms. Ritva Sotamaa, Chief Legal Officer & Group Sec. (Age 55)
Mr. Keith C. F. Weed, Chief Marketing & Communication Officer (Age 57)

What is Unilever's stock symbol?

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

Who are Unilever's major shareholders?

Unilever's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (0.52%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.34%), Morgan Stanley (0.30%), Morgan Stanley (0.30%), Federated Hermes Inc. (0.19%) and Raymond James & Associates (0.18%).

Which major investors are selling Unilever stock?

UL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fiduciary Management Inc. WI, Advisory Research Inc., First Foundation Advisors, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, First Trust Advisors LP, Keystone Financial Planning Inc., State Street Corp, and Granite Investment Advisors LLC.

Which major investors are buying Unilever stock?

UL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Federated Hermes Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Morningstar Investment Services LLC, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc..

How do I buy shares of Unilever?

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.

What is Unilever's stock price today?

One share of UL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $53.61.

How big of a company is Unilever?

Unilever has a market capitalization of $62.64 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.

What is Unilever's official website?

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

How can I contact Unilever?

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]

This page was last updated on 5/28/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff