Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the six analysts that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 4,695.

ULVR has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. UBS Group reissued a “sell” rating and set a GBX 4,120 price objective on shares of Unilever in a report on Friday, October 17th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of Unilever from GBX 3,900 to GBX 3,800 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Unilever from GBX 5,400 to GBX 5,700 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Berenberg Bank upped their price objective on shares of Unilever from GBX 5,530 to GBX 5,600 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of Unilever from GBX 5,100 to GBX 5,050 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 3rd.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Zoe Yujnovich purchased 1,610 shares of Unilever stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 18th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 4,466 per share, for a total transaction of £71,902.60. Corporate insiders own 1.37% of the company’s stock.

Unilever Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of ULVR opened at GBX 4,733.50 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 0.77, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 155.87. The stock has a market cap of £103.22 billion, a PE ratio of 18.78, a PEG ratio of 16.72 and a beta of 0.22. Unilever has a 1 year low of GBX 4,122 and a 1 year high of GBX 4,930. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 4,683.83 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 4,592.04.

About Unilever

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Beauty, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream products, with sales in over 190 countries and products used by 3.4 billion people every day. We have 148,000 employees and generated sales of €60.1 billion in 2022. 59% of our footprint is in developing and emerging markets. We have around 400 brands found in homes all over the world, 13 of which are in the top 50 consumer goods brands. Some of our iconic global brands include Dove, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Magnum, OMO and Surf.

Our vision is to be the global leader in sustainable business and to demonstrate how our purpose-led, future-fit business model drives superior performance.