Unilever Share Discussion Threads

[philanderer] 18/9/2021 23:43

Unilever faces call to split as activist lurks:

Speculation mounts that top US investor could push for break-up to double flagging share price

Consumer goods giant Unilever could be forced into a radical shake-up by aggressive investors pushing for a revival of the company's fortunes

The FTSE100 group is seen by bankers as ripe for a break-up that could double its sluggish share price

Veteran US activist Nelson Peltz has been named in the City as one of those who may pressure the board to hive off parts of the firm to boost shares

Peltz recently made more than £750million after triggering a campaign against Unilever's rival Procter & Gamble, and is said to want a new target

[essentialinvestor] 17/9/2021 17:52

yes, take your point but doubt that held much weight. Added a small amount.

[shieldbug] 17/9/2021 17:47

Essential - if you are selling something it helps to show you have options.

[philanderer] 16/9/2021 11:03

DEUTSCHE BANK CUTS UNILEVER TO 'HOLD' (BUY) - PRICE TARGET 4,600 (4,800) PENCE

[essentialinvestor] 14/9/2021 17:32

why they went through the rigmarole of.. we are examining an IPO option,

as mentioned previously it was always going to be a PE or competitor bid.

[spoole5] 14/9/2021 15:12

Well that rise didn't last long. Hopefully they will step up the buyback with the funds.

[philanderer] 14/9/2021 00:09

Unilever to receive £4bn bid for tea business from US-Singapore consortium

We'll hear about potential buyers after the bid deadline next week

Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) is set to receive a £4bn bid for its tea business as early as next week.

A consortium formed by US private equity firm Advent International and Singapore's Government Investment Corporation (GIC) is expected to put forward an offer ahead of a bid deadline, Sky News reported.


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[bend1pa] 13/9/2021 19:51

So Nick Train has something of an agenda plugging ULVR, considering it forms 8.3% of his equity fund.

The share price is clearly going nowhere fast, and currently are having difficulty holding above £40. These could easily become like GSK, another conglomerate whose share price has stuck around the same abysmal trading levels for years. But at least you have been getting a juicy 6% yield there for a long time. With ULVR you get < 4%, but the div is a little safer. The question is how safe is your capital and will the shares ever return to favour?

[grahamite2] 13/9/2021 08:20

Nick Train: Persevere with Unilever
Nick Train has encouraged investors to ‘persevere&rsquo; with consumer goods giant Unilever (ULVR) as its Indian subsidiary has rallied significantly.

Unilever is the fifth largest holding in the star manager’s Lindsell Train UK Equity fund, making up 8.3% of the £6.4bn portfolio.

‘We hope it is significant that Hindustan Unilever – its quoted Indian subsidiary – has resumed its bull market,’ he said in the latest fund factsheet.

‘It was up 17% in August to a new high and has now trebled over the last five years.’

Unilever owns 62% of the subsidiary, a stake that is worth £40bn, making it a ‘big proportion of Unilever’s own c£100bn market capitalisation&rsquo;, said Train.

‘There are many reasons for shareholders to persevere with Unilever, but this exposure to India – and Brazil, China, and Indonesia – has and will create value for shareholders,’ he said.

Shares in Unilever closed down 0.2%, or 6.5p, at £39.59 on Friday. The stock has struggled to make progress throughout the pandemic.

[essentialinvestor] 08/9/2021 15:17

Non cyclicals getting some support today.


Divi payment in the account this morning.

[porsche1945] 08/9/2021 11:12

The fact this didnt hold 4400 and the lower highs all the time, looking at the chart its got sub 3600 all over it. Just hope Buffet/Kraft comes in to put another poorly managed ftse 100 company out of its misery. They will buy it for less than the previous offer as its going nowhere now. Maybe just sell the whole of hopeless U.K. plc to the US and the Chinese. UK tax rates now the highest in 70 years which will further stifle companies chances added to the epic fail that is brexit.

[spoole5] 07/9/2021 09:52

Just keep buying back the stock at these levels to enhance eps

[bend1pa] 06/9/2021 17:40

I'm only in this for a yield that's reasonably safe. At the moment I'm getting 3.75% on ULVR. When you consider the best savings rate on a 2 year fixed bond is only 1.75% at the moment, there's no comparison.

I'm not looking at ULVR for any decent capital growth because I think those days are well behind it. But I'll happily take 5% over 2 years, if that's even possible. If it fell to £35 I'd invest a far bigger chunk of my savings in ULVR, but maybe that's unlikely in a 12 month frame.

[essentialinvestor] 04/9/2021 13:42

Obvs something like PHGP or holding some cash will do something similar,
but without the quarterly dividends that Unilever pays.

RICA absolutely killed it during the plunge.

[essentialinvestor] 04/9/2021 12:18

Mark, unsurprising that Terry may be cooling on Unilever given current results,
no longer producing high growth rates.

Now best viewed as an income producing company and/or giving some relative protection
if the sh1t once again hits the fan - when Unilever should significantly
outperform wider equity markets. That then gives optionality to recycle in to another area.


If not for the continuing pandemic backdrop and some anxiety we could be looking at
another more troubling covid variant, then tbh would find it more difficult to make a longer term hold case.

[marksp2011] 04/9/2021 11:12

Interesting comment from Terry Smith re ULVR which Fundsmith Equity holds.......he was definitely ambivalent and moved the conversation on.

[essentialinvestor] 03/9/2021 12:58

No comparison in quality between RKT and Unilever,
ULVR is by far the higher quality business.

RKT does have an advantage - an easier target for activists due to smaller size.

Also given the product profile, Unilever may in the short term be harder hit by commodity price inflation.

[1nf3rn0] 03/9/2021 11:11

RKT having a good week. Maybe an element of switching out of ULVR to RKT? Despite ULVR's poor share price performance over the last few years it has outdone RKT, but maybe this is a turning point. I've added to both recently.

[grahamite2] 03/9/2021 08:56

Any post mentioning "takeover," "high 4's" and "5500/6000" is naturally going to get some upticks!

[blue59] 03/9/2021 08:38

The scary thing for me about that (slightly insane) rant is that two people voted it up!!??

[nick100] 02/9/2021 18:44

JP Morgan further revises down earnings forecasts for European staples in 2021 and 2022, citing worsening visibility as pressure on raw material costs is building up
* Rising raw material costs will be a dominant headwind with hedged inflation in 2021 around 11% for food and home and personal care (HPC) and about 5% for beverages, JPM says, estimating it will worsen for 2022 to 17%/24%, respectively
* JP Morgan downgrades AB InBev to "underweight" from "neutral" as well as both Carlsberg and Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) to "neutral" from "overweight"
* The brokerage also cuts Unilever to "underweight" from "neutral" as it remains at risk of dampening market expectations into H2, it says
* JPM cuts Germany's Henkel to "neutral" from "overweight" as it sees limited catalysts near term for stock outperformance
* The brokerage's top food/HPC picks are France's Danone , Britain's Reckitt , Nestlé and L'Oréal
* Within beverages, it gives its preference to Heineken and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners , as they should benefit from European out-of-home reopening