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ULVR Unilever Plc

4,592.00
-26.00 (-0.56%)
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Unilever Plc LSE:ULVR London Ordinary Share GB00B10RZP78 ORD 3 1/9P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -26.00 -0.56% 4,592.00 281,165 10:41:35
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
4,591.00 4,592.00 4,608.00 4,586.00 4,605.00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Perfume,cosmetic,toilet Prep EUR 60.76B EUR 5.74B EUR 2.3419 19.60 113.27B
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
10:42:46 O 66 4,591.345 GBX

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Posted at 19/6/2025 09:20 by Unilever Daily Update
Unilever Plc is listed in the Perfume,cosmetic,toilet Prep sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker ULVR. The last closing price for Unilever was 4,618p.
Unilever currently has 2,452,731,981 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Unilever is £112,580,397,928.
Unilever has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 19.60.
This morning ULVR shares opened at 4,605p
Posted at 05/6/2025 17:38 by philanderer
Bernstein raises Unilever price target to 5,900 (5,200) pence - 'outperform'
Posted at 23/4/2025 13:30 by laurence llewelyn binliner
The RKT update is not going down well at all, -7% so far and pulling this down with it, but that said the overlay RKT/ULVR shows a distinct divergence since Feb 2024, see what we get but we are in the same sector/space..

ULVR Q1 pre-close update: in the full year 2025 underlying sales growth (USG) is expected to be within our multi-year range of 3 to 5%, we anticipate a modest improvement in underlying operating margin (UOM) for the full year, we anticipate Q1 will be a slower start to the year with subdued market growth in the near term.

Compared to the RKT outlook: FY 2025 outlook maintained, expect Group LFL net revenue growth of +2% to +4% and targeting +3% to +4% LFL net revenue growth in Core Reckitt, with a relatively balanced delivery across H1 and H2. but their LVL growth was negative in all but emerging markets..

Outlook will be the driver for the SP, the ice cream separation should be by FY and holders will receive shares in Ice cream PLC, (ref the Warren Ackerman interview with Fernando) quantity tbc but it could be 1:1 similar to the GSK/HLN carve out in 2022, consolidation after we will also have to wait and see..
Posted at 30/3/2025 07:39 by alotto
Unilever has been a dog of a stock for the past 5 to 8 years.
Can Unilever return 50% minimum, inflation adjusted, in the next 5 years?
Despite Pelts on the board, a new CEO (then recently ousted), with a multi year record of dividend stagnation (despite the share repurchasing), the share price has gone no where
I don't have an unshakeable coincidence whether the wait is worth. What to expect?
I worked in Unilever from 2015 to 2019, I've seen the share price doubling.
Frankly I don't see it happening again.
Posted at 13/2/2025 08:11 by mister md
And yet a 5.5% share price decline within 10 minutes ...
Posted at 13/2/2025 07:15 by laurence llewelyn binliner
A 6.1% pay rise for income holders and a GBP1.5BN share buyback between today and June should support the share price very well .. :o)
Posted at 06/1/2025 13:28 by philanderer
Yes, maybe.

ii.co.uk market report


AJ Bell's Mould commented. "Share price weakness in big brand companies including Unilever, Reckitt and Haleon is often a signal that investors are worried about consumer spending and growing inflationary pressures. Renewed cost pressures may prompt companies to hike prices and this could see shoppers switch to cheaper supermarket own-brand items. It's a major risk for investors in big brand stocks to consider.

"Driving down the shares in the sector this time was negative broker comment as RBC downgraded Unilever to 'underperform', which hurt the Marmite maker and took its big brand peers down at the same time."
Posted at 20/9/2024 18:56 by xtrmntr
As befits their role as 'bond proxies', the attractions of consumer staples shares were damaged when interest rates have increased from record lows. At the same time, inflationary pressures have led consumers to trade down to private label options in the hunt for cheaper products.Companies have struggled to strike the right balance between volume and price; Procter & Gamble's (US:PG)'s sales volumes were flat in its latest financial year, while Nestlé's (CH:NESN) preferred real internal growth metric grew by just 0.1 per cent in its first half. But as base rates start to drop, some businesses are also starting to see belated operational progress. Unilever (ULVR) has delivered quarter-on-quarter volume growth over the past three periods, as chief executive Hein Schumacher (in post since July 2023) implements a fresh growth strategy in an attempt to improve earnings and margins after an underwhelming few years.A turnaround story under new management understandably excites the market, and the Marmite and Dove owner's share price has risen by almost a quarter over the past year. Change was badly needed; Schumacher's promise of "no major or transformational acquisitions" came after the attempted £50bn acquisition of GSK's (GSK) consumer arm in 2022 went down like a lead balloon with investors.The new plan has several parts: a focus on top brands (which deliver three-quarters of revenue and are higher-growth than the rest of the portfolio), a spin-off of the underperforming ice-cream arm, and a cost-cutting and productivity package. On the face of it, this looks encouraging. But rejuvenation narratives can sometimes deceive. Analysts at Bernstein have pointed to "the low odds of turnaround in this space", and Unilever's "own history of repeated turnaround hopes for at least the last 28 years". Saying that, the latest trading figures contained encouraging signs. Half-year results to 30 June saw a big operating profit margin beat and raised guidance. The gross margin was boosted by 420 basis points as management tries to return the metric to pre-pandemic levels. However, it remains the case that competitiveness needs to improve, judging by a turnover-weighted market share metric that remains flat.The question for income investors is what the new strategy means for dividends. Unilever's reliable payouts have made it an income stalwart. It has grown dividends per share at a compound annual growth rate of 5 per cent over the last decade – nicely ahead of competitors.It's important to note that Unilever reports in euros, with investors holding the London-listed shares receiving dividends in pounds and those holding the Amsterdam-listed shares paid in euros. Dividend payments in pounds have, unsurprisingly, fluctuated because of currency movements. But a fully-fledged cut is essentially unheard of.Payouts are backed up by chunky free cash flow generation and a resilient balance sheet. Unilever delivered €7.1bn (£6bn) of free cash flow last year, allowing the return of €5.9bn to investors in dividends and buybacks. Analysts expect €6.9bn and €7.8bn of free cash flow to be posted in 2024 and 2025, respectively, rising to over €8bn in 2026. Net debt of around €25bn at the end of June, translating to a leverage ratio of 2 times, is manageable and doesn't present a risk to these plans.Combine these factors with the new strategy's hoped-for improved growth and earnings, and the conclusion might be that the payout outlook is rock solid. We expect dividends to grow in the coming years. There is some uncertainty about what Schumacher's new strategy means for future demands on capital expenditure and research and development spend, and the context of the planned hive-off of the ice cream business provides more complexity when thinking about future investor returns. This introduces some new risks into the equation, but the overall picture is promising.Dividend policy: A payout ratio above 60 per cent of underlying earnings. Yield: 3 per centPayment: QuarterlyLast cut: naAlternativeLike Unilever, Diageo (DGE) also has relatively new management. But the drinks giant's share price has moved in the opposite direction over the last year, as chief executive Debra Crew remains under pressure on the back of inventory headwinds in Latin America and weaker demand in the key North America market. In the latest annual results, revenue went backwards for the first time in four years and operating profits fell in four out of five markets. Despite these significant hangovers, analysts expect dividends to continue to grow, backed up by expectations for free cash flow to rise by almost $1bn (£766mn) between 2024 and 2027.
Posted at 04/8/2024 13:58 by xtrmntr
From Investors Chronicle Consumer staples giants Reckitt Benckiser (RKT) and Unilever (ULVR) are both attempting to divest from underperforming business areas as they focus on their top "power brands" in a bid to build market share, cut costs and fend off investor pressure.Last week, Reckitt announced plans to streamline operations and focus on a "high-growth, high-margin" core brand portfolio which delivered a 61 per cent gross margin in 2023 and a five-year like-for-like net revenue compound annual growth rate of 7 per cent.It aims to sell a portfolio of home care brands, including Air Wick, Mortein, Calgon and Cillit Bang, which contributed 13 per cent of net revenue last year. It is also examining "all strategic options" around its infant formula nutrition business Mead Johnson, which suggests a sale of the struggling unit it acquired for $17bn (£13bn) in 2017. The subsidiary posts almost a fifth of the company's net revenue.The fresh strategy under new chief executive Kris Licht is similar to the transformation plan at Unilever. Boss Hein Schumacher, who like Licht took the reins last year, is spearheading a growth plan which focuses on the company's 30 biggest brands. In the latest half, these contributed three-quarters of revenue and outperformed the rest of the business on underlying sales and volume growth. Unilever is also trying to split off its ice cream business, its smallest unit which delivers 15 per cent of revenue between brands Wall's, Magnum and Ben & Jerry's.Both companies have also taken the axe to employee numbers. Reckitt is aiming to cut its fixed cost base from 22 per cent to 19 per cent of net revenue, while Unilever is slashing 7,500 jobs and has guided for $800mn of cost reductions over three years. Restructuring charges are guided to come in £1bn in the three years to 2027 at Reckitt, and 1.2 per cent of revenue this year at Unilever.Plan potentialReckitt is the higher-margin business, which is the context in which Unilever's goal of achieving "a structurally higher margin" must be seen. For the six months to 30 June, Reckitt recorded an underlying operating margin of 24 per cent and gross margin of 61 per cent, compared to 20 per cent and 46 per cent, respectively, at its competitor.But the big question mark over Reckitt's strategy comes from ongoing legal headaches at Mead Johnson. Reckitt's shares were hit this week after infant formula rival Abbott Laboratories (US:ABT) lost a $500mn court case in Missouri over allegations it refused to warn that its products can cause the necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) bowel disease. Reckitt lost a $60mn case in Illinois on the issue in March, and more cases are incoming. It is increasingly uncertain if there will be interested buyers queuing up for the division.Analysts at Jefferies estimated that Reckitt's share price "is already discounting for $3.5bn of liability risk" for NEC issues in 2025. But with an NEC trial involving Reckitt kicking off in Missouri in September and multidistrict litigation (MDL) action building up, "that risk may be extended".By contrast, the removal of Unilever's ice cream arm is more straightforward, and would take out a low-margin part of the business which has caused internal legal headaches through subsidiary Ben & Jerry's attempts to stop sales in Israel. It could also help boost underlying sales growth to the higher end of management's 3-5 per cent target range, given the unit's relatively weak performance.Unilever reported a 420 basis point rise in gross margin alongside an increase to annual underlying operating margin guidance in its first half, and boosted brand investment ahead of peers, but margin recovery looks more difficult in the near-term.Analysts at Berenberg said that "while execution remains key [including innovation activity], we think that the recovery in US prestige beauty, easing competition in China, better weather in Europe and easing boycotts on western brands in Indonesia" could boost the company's growth next year.The new strategies come as price hike rates slow across consumer staples as inflation subsides. Nestlé (CH:NESN) said this week that price growth of 2 per cent in its half-year results had come "down faster than expected". Unilever's underlying price growth of 1 per cent in its second quarter was similarly lower than expected by analysts.ValuationsUnilever is the more richly valued of the two businesses, with its shares trading at 19 times forward consensus earnings (above its five-year average) compared to 14 times at Reckitt. Ratings are well under the 24 times earnings at Procter & Gamble (US:PG), where share price growth has shot ahead of rivals after it culled brands. Time will tell if Licht and Schumacher's visions of slimmer businesses will likely bring on similar re-ratings, but Mead Johnson in particular will remain a big worry in the short term.
Posted at 15/4/2024 11:48 by essentialinvestor
Slowdown in HUL weighing on the ULVR share price
Posted at 28/11/2023 14:18 by essentialinvestor
ULVR share price is nowhere near strong enough ad there would need to be an equity element with new shares issued.

Since the last reported interest the cost of detveting debt has soared, so it's a complete non starter - at least at this point.
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What is the current Unilever share price?
The current share price of Unilever is 4,592.00p
How many Unilever shares are in issue?
Unilever has 2,452,731,981 shares in issue
What is the market cap of Unilever?
The market capitalisation of Unilever is GBP 113.27B
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Unilever has traded in the range of 4,267.00p to 5,034.00p during the past year
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The price to earnings ratio of Unilever is 19.6
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The cash to sales ratio of Unilever is 1.85
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Unilever reports financial results in EUR
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The latest annual turnover of Unilever is EUR 60.76B
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The latest annual profit of Unilever is EUR 5.74B
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The registered address for Unilever is PORT SUNLIGHT, WIRRAL, MERSEYSIDE, CH62 4ZD
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The website address for Unilever is www.unilever.com/
Which industry sector does Unilever operate in?
Unilever operates in the CONSUMER GOODS DIVERSIFIED sector

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