NYSE:UNUnilever Stock Price, Forecast & News

$48.02

-0.23 (-0.48 %)

(As of 05/25/2020 04:00 PM ET)

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Today's Range

$47.44

Now: $48.02▼

$48.12

50-Day Range

$47.16

MA: $49.13▼

$51.23

52-Week Range

$42.00

Now: $48.02▼

$63.62

Volume1.56 million shs

Average Volume2.51 million shs

Market Capitalization$82.34 billion

P/E Ratio16.79

Dividend Yield3.62%

Beta0.51

Unilever N.V. operates in the fast-moving consumer goods industry worldwide. It operates in three segments: Beauty & Personal Care, Foods & Refreshment, and Home Care. The Beauty & Personal Care segment offers skin care and hair care products, deodorants, and oral care products. This segment markets its products under the Axe, Dove, Lux, Rexona, Sunsilk, TRESemmé, Signal, Lifebuoy, and Vaseline brands. The Foods & Refreshment segment offers soups, bouillons, sauces, snacks, mayonnaise, salad dressings, margarines and spreads, ice cream, and tea-based beverages under the Knorr, Hellmann's, Magnum, Lipton, Heart, Brooke Bond, and Ben & Jerry's brands. It also provides local jewels under the Bango and Robertson's brands, as well as the Pukka Herbs, Sir Kensington's, and Mãe Terra brands. The Home Care segment offers home care products, such as powders, liquids and capsules, and soap bars, as well as a range of cleaning products under the Dirt is Good, Surf, Comfort, Domestos, Sunlight, Cif, and Seventh Generation brands; and air and water purification products under the Blueair, Pureit, and Truliva/Qinyuan brands. The company was formerly known as Margarine Unie N.V. and changed its name to Unilever N.V. in 1929. Unilever N.V. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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 2.09, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $52.00, Unilever has a potential upside of 8.3% from its current price of $48.02.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
Unilever has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

1.9 Community Rank

Outperform Votes
Unilever has received 405 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)
Underperform Votes
Unilever has received 653 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)
Community Sentiment
Unilever has received 61.72% “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 UN will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe UN 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 3.62%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.
Dividend Growth
Unilever has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.
Dividend Coverage
The dividend payout ratio of Unilever is 60.84 %. 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 62.59 % 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 Institutions
Only 8.68% of the stock of Unilever is held by institutions.

1.3 Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for Unilever are expected to grow by 6.11% in the coming year, from $2.62 to $2.78 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of Unilever is 16.79, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 12.99.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of Unilever is 16.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 40.21.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
Unilever has a P/B Ratio of 5.29. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Overall Beat the Market Rank^™

1.71 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:UN

Previous Symbol

CUSIPN/A

CIK110390

Webwww.unilever.nl

Phone31-10-217-4000

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.70

Current Ratio0.78

Quick Ratio0.58

Price-To-Earnings

Trailing P/E Ratio16.79

Forward P/E Ratio18.33

P/E GrowthN/A

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales$58.22 billion

Price / Sales1.41

Cash Flow$5.66 per share

Price / Cash Flow8.48

Book Value$9.07 per share

Price / Book5.29

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A

Net IncomeN/A

Net MarginsN/A

Return on EquityN/A

Return on AssetsN/A

Miscellaneous

Employees154,848

Outstanding Shares1,714,727,000

Market Cap$82.34 billion

Next Earnings DateN/A

OptionableOptionable

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Unilever (NYSE:UN) Frequently Asked Questions

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

Unilever's stock was trading at $51.76 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, UN stock has decreased by 7.2% and is now trading at $48.02. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Unilever?

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Unilever in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Unilever.

How were Unilever's earnings last quarter?

Unilever NV (NYSE:UN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 19th. The company reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.33. View Unilever's earnings history.

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

Unilever announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. 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 3.70%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View Unilever's dividend history.

What price target have analysts set for UN?

11 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Unilever's shares. Their forecasts range from $52.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect Unilever's share price to reach $52.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Unilever.

Has Unilever been receiving favorable news coverage?

Press coverage about UN stock has trended very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Unilever earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutUnilever.

Are investors shorting Unilever?

Unilever saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 585,500 shares, an increase of 35.3% from the April 30th total of 432,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,930,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View Unilever's Current Options Chain.

Who are some of Unilever's key competitors?

Some companies that are related to Unilever include Procter & Gamble (PG), Unilever (UL), 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 Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Walt Disney (DIS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AT&T (T), PepsiCo (PEP), Pfizer (PFE), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), IBM (IBM) and Procter & Gamble (PG).

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)
Ms. Ritva Sotamaa, Chief Legal Officer & Group Sec. (Age 55)
Mr. Keith C. F. Weed, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer (Age 57)
Ms. Leena Nair, Chief HR Officer (Age 49)

What is Unilever's stock symbol?

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

Who are Unilever's major shareholders?

Unilever's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wellington Management Group LLP (1.16%), BlackRock Inc. (0.99%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (0.35%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.21%), Morgan Stanley (0.19%) and Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc (0.18%).

Which major investors are selling Unilever stock?

UN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Aristotle Capital Management LLC, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Inverness Counsel LLC NY, Aperio Group LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, and Russell Investments Group Ltd..

Which major investors are buying Unilever stock?

UN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Scharf Investments LLC, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Capital World Investors, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., and Coho Partners Ltd..

How do I buy shares of Unilever?

Shares of UN 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 UN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.02.

How big of a company is Unilever?

Unilever has a market capitalization of $82.34 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 154,848 workers across the globe.

What is Unilever's official website?

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

How can I contact Unilever?

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]

This page was last updated on 5/26/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff