Unilever (ULVR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through five segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment engages in the sale of hair care products, such as shampoo, conditioner, and styling; skin care products including face, hand, and body moisturizer; and prestige beauty and health & wellbeing products consist of the vitamins, minerals, and supplements. The Personal Care segment offers skin cleansing products comprising soap and shower; deodorants; and oral care products, such as toothpaste, toothbrush, and mouthwash products. The Home Care segment is involved in the sale of fabric care products, including washing powders and liquids, and rinse conditioners; and fabric enhancers, and home and hygiene products. The Nutrition segment provides dressings products, such as mayonnaise and ketchup; sells scratch cooking aids consist of soups, bouillons, and seasonings; plant-based meat; beverages; and functional nutrition products, including Horlicks and Boost, as well as tea products. The Ice Cream segment offers ice cream products including in-home and out-of-home ice creams. The company provides its products under the AXE, Ben & Jerry's, Cif, Clear, Closeup, Comfort, Cornetto, Dermalogica, Domestos, Dove, Dove Men+Care, Hellmann's, Horlicks, Knorr, LUX, Lifebuoy, Liquid I.V., Magnum, Nutrafol, OMO, Paula's Choice, Pepsodent, Pond's, Rexona, Rexona, Sunlight, Sunsilk, Surf, TRESemmé, Vaseline, Wall's, Breyers, and Yasso brand names. Unilever PLC was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 4,519 to 4,555
• 50-Day Range: 4,513 to 5,000
• 52-Week Range: 3,680.50 to 5,034
• Volume: 48.60 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.98 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £112.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: 2,054.55
• Dividend Yield: 3.25%
• Price Target: GBX 4,665
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Unilever Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Unilever scored higher than 11% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Unilever has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Unilever has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Unilever is 2,054.55, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 134.38.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Unilever is 2,054.55, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Defensive sector average P/E ratio of about 208.66.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Unilever has a PEG Ratio of 16.72. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Unilever has a P/B Ratio of 5.55. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ULVR.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Unilever pays a meaningful dividend of 3.08%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Unilever does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Unilever is 6,681.82%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.00

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for ULVR.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Unilever has a news sentiment score of -0.31. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Consumer Defensive companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Unilever this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for ULVR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Unilever to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

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 0.13% of the stock of Unilever is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

54.44% of the stock of Unilever is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

ULVR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have ULVR shares performed this year?

Unilever's stock was trading at GBX 3,800 at the start of the year. Since then, ULVR stock has increased by 18.9% and is now trading at GBX 4,520.
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How do I buy shares of Unilever?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Unilever own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Unilever investors own include GSK (GSK), Barclays (BARC), Meta Platforms (META), Diageo (DGE), BP (BP), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) and Vodafone Group Public (VOD).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/6 Dividend: 8/08/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/06/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 12/6 Dividend: 11/07/2024
• Today: 11/20/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/06/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Household & Personal Products
• Sub-Industry: Consumer Goods
• Current Symbol: LON:ULVR
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.unilever.co.uk
• Phone: +44-20-78225252
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 148,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 4,665
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 5,100
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 4,000
• Potential Upside/Downside: +2.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 2.20
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2,063.18
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.36
• P/E Growth: 16.72
• Net Income: £6.64 billion
• Net Margins: 11.01%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 32.37%
• Return on Assets: 8.62%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 137.49
• Current Ratio: 0.77
• Quick Ratio: 0.49

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £60.29 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.87
• Cash Flow: GBX 284.30 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.97
• Book Value: GBX 814 per share
• Price / Book: 5.58

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,480,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £112.57 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.22