61.75 USD
-0.09
0.15%
At close May 16, 4:00 PM EDT
After hours
61.82
+0.07
0.11%
1 day
-0.15%
5 days
0.78%
1 month
-1.31%
3 months
12.44%
6 months
6.65%
Year to date
9.25%
1 year
14.20%
5 years
17.73%
10 years
38.27%
 

About: Unilever is a diversified beauty, wellbeing, and personal care (44% of 2023 sales by value), homecare (20%), and packaged food (36%) company. Its brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemmé haircare brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years; notable purchases include Paula's Choice, Liquid I.V., Horlicks, Garancia, and The Vegetarian Butcher.

Employees: 125,000

0
Funds holding %
of 7,457 funds
Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

62% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $138M | Put options by funds: $85.6M

9% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 95 | Existing positions closed: 87

3% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $12.4B [Q4 2024] → $12.8B (+$409M) [Q1 2025]

3% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 435 | Existing positions reduced: 422

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 13 [Q4 2024] → 13 (+0) [Q1 2025]

0.24% less ownership

Funds ownership: 8.84% [Q4 2024] → 8.6% (-0.24%) [Q1 2025]

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 1,168 [Q4 2024] → 1,146 (-22) [Q1 2025]

Research analyst outlook

We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for UL.

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 11 articles about UL published over the past 30 days

Positive
MarketBeat
2 days ago
Analysts Say Unilever Has the Leverage to Hit New Highs
Those trends include significantly increased coverage since the lows of 2023, firming sentiment with MarketBeat's reported consensus up to Moderate Buy from Reduce compared to last year, and a rising price target.
Analysts Say Unilever Has the Leverage to Hit New Highs
Neutral
Reuters
2 weeks ago
Ben & Jerry's cites investor Peltz's growing influence over parent company Unilever
Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's said late on Friday that billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz, who is on its parent company Unilever's board, has increased his influence over the consumer goods conglomerate, including on political issues.
Ben & Jerry's cites investor Peltz's growing influence over parent company Unilever
Positive
Reuters
2 weeks ago
Unilever to invest $1.5 billion in Mexico, including new factory
Consumer goods company Unilever said on Friday that it will invest $30 billion pesos ($1.5 billion) in Mexico between 2025 and 2028 to increase its production capacity.
Unilever to invest $1.5 billion in Mexico, including new factory
Negative
New York Post
3 weeks ago
Unilever lays down the law after Ben & Jerry's woke founders try to buy back brand
That clarification comes as the founders of Ben & Jerry's have been trying to gather investors to buy the brand back.
Unilever lays down the law after Ben & Jerry's woke founders try to buy back brand
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
3 weeks ago
Unilever PLC (UL) Q1 2025 Sales/Trading Statement Call Transcript
Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL ) Q1 2025 Sales/Trading Statement Call April 24, 2025 3:00 AM ET Company Participants Fernando Fernandez - Chief Executive Officer Srinivas Phatak - Acting Chief Financial Officer Jemma Spalton - Head of Investor Relations Conference Call Participants Warren Ackerman - Barclays Guillaume Delmas - UBS Jeff Stent - BNP David Hayes - Jefferies Olivier Nicolai - Goldman Sachs Tom Sykes - Deutsche Bank Celine Pannuti - JPMorgan Sarah Simon - Morgan Stanley Ed Lewis - Redburn Fernando Fernandez Good morning, and welcome to Unilever's First Quarter Trading Statement. Thank you for joining us.
Unilever PLC (UL) Q1 2025 Sales/Trading Statement Call Transcript
Positive
Proactive Investors
3 weeks ago
Unilever gets off to solid start to 2025 as ice cream split plans on track
Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) reported better sales growth in the first quarter than City analysts expected and kept its full-year outlook unchanged.  The FTSE 100 consumer goods giant said its plan to spin off its ice cream unit – which it revealed will be called The Magnum Ice Cream Company – remained on track to be completed by the end of the year.
Unilever gets off to solid start to 2025 as ice cream split plans on track
Positive
WSJ
3 weeks ago
Unilever Confident on 2025 Targets as Core Brands Power Sales Growth
Consumer-brands giant Unilever said it is on track to meet its goals for the year after first-quarter sales were boosted by its key brands, and despite a hit to turnover from net disposals and currency effects.
Unilever Confident on 2025 Targets as Core Brands Power Sales Growth
Negative
Reuters
3 weeks ago
Unilever, Nestle margins take a hit in India as costs, demand slowdown weigh
India's top consumer goods makers Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and Nestle India reported weaker fourth-quarter profits on Thursday, with HUL cutting its margin forecast amid high input costs and sluggish urban demand.
Unilever, Nestle margins take a hit in India as costs, demand slowdown weigh
Neutral
Proactive Investors
3 weeks ago
Unilever: Even modest growth would steady investor nerves
Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR), maker of store cupboard staples such as Marmite and Lipton's Tea, reports its first-quarter results on Thursday (24 April), and after a rocky start to the year, Barclays thinks even modest growth could help calm investor concerns. The consumer goods group signalled back in February that it would begin slowly, and was promptly punished by the market.
Unilever: Even modest growth would steady investor nerves
Negative
New York Post
3 weeks ago
Unilever threatens to pull funding for Ben & Jerry's Foundation as progressive battle escalates: report
The company has demanded Ben & Jerry's Foundation submit to an expedited audit of its donations to continue receiving funding, according to a report.
Unilever threatens to pull funding for Ben & Jerry's Foundation as progressive battle escalates: report
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