Unilever PLC (UL): Price and Financial Metrics
UL Stock Summary
- UL has a market capitalization of $67,432,464,931 -- more than approximately 96.9% of US stocks.
- Of note is the ratio of Unilever Plc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; only 0.35% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
- The volatility of Unilever Plc's share price is greater than that of only 2.83% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to UL, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are CNI, DUK, SO, D, and CB.
- UL's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Unilever Plc's official web site, go to www.unilever.com.
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UL Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $53.90 | 52-week high | $63.89 |
| Prev. close | $54.02 | 52-week low | $44.06 |
| Day low | $53.51 | Volume | 310,273 |
| Day high | $53.90 | Avg. volume | 2,421,961 |
| 50-day MA | $57.32 | Dividend yield | 3.78% |
| 200-day MA | $58.54 | Market Cap | N/A |
Unilever PLC (UL) Company Bio
Unilever plc operates through Personal Care, Foods, Refreshment, and Home Care segments, with areas of focus such as skincare and haircare products, deodorants, oral care products, powders, liquids and capsules, soap bars, various cleaning products, and more. The company was founded in 1885 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
UL Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $53.90 | $37.46 | -31% |
The table below illustrates the output of a discounted cash flow forecast using a variety of scenarios for Unilever Plc. To summarize, we found that Unilever Plc ranked in the 44th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. We should note, though, that all scenearios modelled for this stock suggest it is overvalued. In terms of the factors that were most noteworthy in this DCF analysis for UL, they are:
- Unilever Plc's weighted average cost of capital (WACC) is 9%; for context, that number is higher than only 21.27% of tickers in our DCF set.
- As a business, Unilever Plc experienced a tax rate of about 20% over the past twelve months; relative to its sector (Consumer Defensive), this tax rate is higher than 82.45% of stocks generating free cash flow.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | -32% |
| 1% | -31% |
| 2% | -31% |
| 3% | -30% |
| 4% | -29% |
| 5% | -29% |
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Latest UL News From Around the Web
Below are the latest news stories about Unilever Plc that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate UL as an investment opportunity.
Unilever outlines ambitious plans to curb food wasteUnilever has outlined ambitious plans to halve food waste by 2025 as part of wider social and environmental ambitions. Food Manufacture caught up with Unilever/Hellmannâs global vice-president Christina Bauer-Plank to explain more. |
Why I’d buy shares in the FTSE 100’s Unilever todayDefensive shares can fall in and out of favour with investors, and maybe all we are seeing now is a cycling down of valuations for companies like Unilever. The post Why I’d buy shares in the FTSE 100’s Unilever today appeared first on The Motley Fool UK . |
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Danone begins search for new chief in effort to placate activistsDanone has sought to calm an acrimonious public fight with activist shareholders by agreeing to split the chairman and chief executive roles now both held by Emmanuel Faber. “The process to recruit a new CEO has been launched and, once complete, Emmanuel Faber will focus on his role as non-executive chairman.” It seems unlikely, however, that the moves will quell the rebellion led by activist Blue Bell Capital and US fund Artisan Partners, which says it is Danone’s third-biggest shareholder. |
UL Price Returns
| 1-mo | -1.11% |
| 3-mo | -7.10% |
| 6-mo | -11.67% |
| 1-year | -2.51% |
| 3-year | 9.93% |
| 5-year | 41.45% |
| YTD | -9.86% |
| 2020 | 9.00% |
| 2019 | 12.84% |
| 2018 | -2.37% |
| 2017 | 39.09% |
| 2016 | -2.63% |
UL Dividends
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