Unilever
About: Unilever is a diversified personal-care (52% of 2022 sales by value), homecare (14%), and packaged food (34%) 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: 128,377
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Funds holding %
of 6,809 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
72% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 134 | Existing positions closed: 78
23% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $212M | Put options by funds: $173M
7% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $13.1B [Q2] → $14B (+$887M) [Q3]
6% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 17 [Q2] → 18 (+1) [Q3]
5% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,099 [Q2] → 1,155 (+56) [Q3]
0.87% less ownership
Funds ownership: 9.51% [Q2] → 8.64% (-0.87%) [Q3]
22% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 361 | Existing positions reduced: 461
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for UL.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 6 articles about UL published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Proactive Investors
3 days ago
Unilever to sell 'cherished' 100-year old brands to sharpen portfolio
Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) has agreed the sale of two of its oldest brands, Dutch brand Unox and Belgium's Zwan, to the Zwanenberg Food Group. A part of the Unilever portfolio for almost 100 years, the Anglo-Dutch group said the sale was to sharpen up its food portfolio and focus on fewer and bigger brands.
Positive
Investors Business Daily
2 weeks ago
Best ETFs From This Advisor Includes Gutsy Bet Against Bitcoin
With the election of Donald Trump, the markets will look for the best ETFs. So says Larry Glazer of Mayflower Advisors.
Positive
Reuters
2 weeks ago
Unilever CEO looking to sell food brands with $1 bln in sales, FD reports
Unilever is looking to sell several food brands that have combined sales of around 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion), Chief Executive Officer Hein Schumacher told Dutch financial daily FD in an interview published on Monday.
Positive
Forbes
3 weeks ago
Unilever Vs. PG Stock
Given its better prospects, we believe that Unilever (NYSE: UL) is currently a better pick than its sector peer, Procter & Gamble stock (NYSE: PG). UL stock trades at 19x forward earnings, versus 26x for PG stock.
Neutral
Bloomberg Markets and Finance
3 weeks ago
Unilever CEO Schumacher on Strategy, US Tariffs, China Demand
Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher sat down with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua in London for a wide-ranging interview, including consumer spending and premium demand, to the possibility of new trade tensions with Donald Trump returning to the White House. He also discusses the company's exit from Russia, citing a loss of control over the business in the country and growing complications stemming from Russia's response to Western sanctions imposed amid the war in Ukraine.
Positive
WSJ
4 weeks ago
Unilever to Double Down on India Under New Strategic Shift
CEO Hein Schumacher said India is the best opportunity for Unilever over the next couple of years and will be the key for all its group businesses.
Neutral
Proactive Investors
1 month ago
Unilever and retail sales the focus on Friday
Retail sales figures will dominate headlines on a quieter Friday, while attention will also be on Unilever and any plans for a float of its ice cream arm. Consensus expectations are for a 0.3% drop in retail sales over the course of October, following a 0.3% uptick in September.
Positive
Proactive Investors
1 month ago
Unilever expected to confirm ice cream IPO plans on Friday
Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) could confirm on Friday that it will spin out its ice cream arm via an initial public offer. The Cornetto and Ben & Jerry's owner is holding an investor day on November 22 in London, where the group's CEO and CFO will deliver presentations to major investors and analysts, along with the bosses of its global business units - with the "notable exception" of Ice Cream, analysts at UBS noted.
Positive
Reuters
1 month ago
Exclusive: Unilever nearly halves expected European job cuts, switching some staff to ice cream unit-works council
Unilever is cutting about 1,500 fewer jobs in Europe than initially anticipated and hiring about 1,000 people, primarily those affected by its cost-cutting drive, for its soon-to-be spun off ice cream business, the head of the company's European Works Council told Reuters.
Negative
New York Post
1 month ago
Ben & Jerry's sues Unilever for ‘silencing' their pro-Palestinian support
The lawsuit is the latest sign of the long-simmering tensions between Ben & Jerry's and consumer products maker Unilever, which rejected the claims.
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