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Unilever (UL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$59.18 +0.51 (+0.87%)
Closing price 03/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$59.05 -0.13 (-0.22%)
As of 03/28/2025 07:29 PM Eastern
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About Unilever Stock (NYSE:UL)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$58.98
$59.40
50-Day Range
$54.89
$60.29
52-Week Range
$46.46
$65.87
Volume
3.36 million shs
Average Volume
2.53 million shs
Market Capitalization
$146.60 billion
P/E Ratio
16.96
Dividend Yield
3.13%
Price Target
$66.33
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

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.

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Unilever Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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63rd Percentile Overall Score

UL MarketRank™: 

Unilever scored higher than 63% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 82nd out of 155 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Unilever has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.60, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 2 sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Unilever has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Unilever's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Unilever are expected to grow by 6.73% in the coming year, from $3.27 to $3.49 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Unilever is 16.96, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.58.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Unilever is 16.96, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 16.21.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Unilever has a PEG Ratio of 1.60. 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 6.01. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.07% of the float of Unilever has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Unilever has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Unilever has recently decreased by 11.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Unilever pays a meaningful dividend of 3.18%, 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 53.01%. 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 53.01% next year. This indicates that Unilever will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Unilever's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.07% of the float of Unilever has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Unilever has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Unilever has recently decreased by 11.85%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Unilever has a news sentiment score of 1.55. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.86 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for Unilever this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    10 people have searched for UL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    16 people have added Unilever to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 60% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • 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 9.67% of the stock of Unilever is held by institutions.

  • Read more about Unilever's insider trading history.
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UL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Unilever's stock was trading at $56.70 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, UL shares have increased by 4.4% and is now trading at $59.1810.
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Unilever subsidiaries include these companies: SmartyPants Vitamins, Tatcha, The Laundress Inc, The Vegetarian Butcher, Sundial Brands, Tazo, Mãe Terra, and more.

Unilever's top institutional shareholders include Wellington Management Group LLP (1.00%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.72%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.32%) and GQG Partners LLC (0.26%).

Shares of UL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Unilever investors own include BlackRock (BLK), Broadcom (AVGO), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), The Goldman Sachs Group (GS), ServiceNow (NOW), Illinois Tool Works (ITW) and Xtrackers California Municipal Bond ETF (CA).

Company Calendar

Record date for 3/28 Dividend
2/28/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/28 Dividend
2/28/2025
Dividend Payable
3/28/2025
Today
3/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Soap, detergents, & cleaning preparations; perfumes, & cosmetics
Sub-Industry
Consumer Goods
Current Symbol
NYSE:UL
Employees
148,000
Year Founded
1929

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$66.33
High Stock Price Target
$72.00
Low Stock Price Target
$60.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+12.1%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.60
Research Coverage
10 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
16.96
Forward P/E Ratio
18.10
P/E Growth
1.6
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$60.76 billion
Cash Flow
$4.30 per share
Price / Cash Flow
13.77
Book Value
$9.84 per share
Price / Book
6.01

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
2,477,196,000
Free Float
2,453,168,000
Market Cap
$146.60 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.47

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This page (NYSE:UL) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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