Unilever

UL

Market cap $149B

Unilever PLC's (LSE:ULVR) decision to spin off Magnum has got the City talking. The frozen treats arm, soon to be listed under the catchy acronym TMICC, will begin trading on 10 November, and Barclays reckons it could be worth around €20 to €22 a share, or about €10 billion in total.

It has been a tough year for the consumer goods giants, and Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) finds itself squarely in the crosshairs of a nervous market. JP Morgan thinks investors should brace for a choppy reporting season, with slowing demand and waning pricing power weighing on sentiment across the sector.

Citi has kept faith with Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) despite a tricky near-term outlook, reiterating its “buy” rating and £52 target price even as it warns that third-quarter growth may leave investors underwhelmed. The broker expects underlying sales growth of 3.6% in the quarter, dented by headwinds in goods and services tax changes and in Latin America.

Indian consumer giant Hindustan Unilever pared most losses after falling as much as 2.7% on Monday as investors sought comfort from an expected recovery in demand after a consumption tax reform-led hit to sales.

Unilever's Magnum ice cream business, set to publicly list in November, plans to use Chilean start-up NotCo's artificial intelligence to reformulate products and create new ones.

ATEYY, CSW, ZBRA, VRT and UL have been added to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) List on September 18, 2025.

Jerry Greenfield has been at odds with Unilever over his social activism.

Ben & Jerry's cofounder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand. Greenfield said he had experienced pushback from parent company Unilever on the brand's advocacy on social issues.

Jerry Greenfield said he's quitting the ice-cream company he co-founded with Ben Cohen.

Jerry Greenfield says he cannot ‘in good conscience' continue and says company has lost its independence