Unilever Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unilever in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating 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 decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,360,000 shares, a decline of 20.3% from the May 13th total of 2,960,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,760,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Unilever's stock was trading at $52.47 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, UL shares have increased by 14.3% and is now trading at $59.98.
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Unilever declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 30th. Investors of record on Friday, May 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.5159 per share on Thursday, June 10th. This represents a $2.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.44%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 20th. This is a positive change from Unilever's previous quarterly dividend of $0.51.
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Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.40%. Unilever does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Unilever is 72.08%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Unilever will have a dividend payout ratio of 65.18% next year. This indicates that Unilever will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (0.79%), Gardner Russo & Quinn LLC (0.38%), State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (0.27%), Fiduciary Management Inc. WI (0.25%), Capital International Investors (0.18%) and Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.17%).

UL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, Royal Bank of Canada, Gardner Russo & Quinn LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA, Renaissance Technologies LLC, and JPMorgan Chase & Co..

UL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cullen Capital Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Capital International Investors, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Scopus Asset Management L.P., Oak Ridge Investments LLC, Fiduciary Management Inc. WI, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc..

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One share of UL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.98.

Unilever has a market capitalization of $157.70 billion and generates $57.94 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $6.38 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.83 on an earnings per share basis.

Unilever employs 148,949 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]