Unilever Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unilever in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Unilever stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in UN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Unilever PLC (NYSE:UN) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 19th. The company reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.33.
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Unilever declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 30th will be given a dividend of $0.4845 per share on Friday, November 20th. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.20%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 29th. This is an increase from Unilever's previous quarterly dividend of $0.47.
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Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.01%. The dividend payout ratio of Unilever is 63.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Unilever will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.49% next year. This indicates that Unilever will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Some companies that are related to Unilever include The Procter & Gamble (PG), Unilever (UL), Ecolab (ECL), Church & Dwight (CHD), Symrise (SYIEY) and Stepan (SCL).
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Unilever trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UN."

Unilever's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hanson & Doremus Investment Management (0.00%).

UN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hanson & Doremus Investment Management.

One share of UN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.50.

Unilever has a market capitalization of $103.74 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.nl.

Unilever is headquartered at Weena 455, Rotterdam P7, EC4Y 0DY.

Unilever's mailing address is Weena 455, Rotterdam P7, EC4Y 0DY. The company can be reached via phone at 31-10-217-4000 or via email at [email protected]