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Unilever UL

US equityMarket cap rank #113Household & Personal Products
$62.49
+$0.33 (+0.53%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $62.16 0.00%
Open$62.64
Prev close$62.16
Day range$62.26 – $62.87
Volume1.19M
Market cap$134.56B
P/E (TTM)12.9
Dividend yield3.57%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

UL at a glance

UL last changed hands at $62.49 (up 0.53%). At $134.56B, Unilever is ranked #113 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.

Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $53.97 and $73.09, so it sits 14.5% below the top of that range. Holders are behind 4.3% over twelve months, but up 5.1% across the last three months.

Price is below the 50-day average ($62.96) but above the 200-day ($61.87); RSI is 48, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 18% annualized volatility.

In the quarter ended Dec 2010 the company brought in €10.82B of revenue, up 12.0% from a year earlier, with €1.04B of net profit (a 18.3% margin).

Buyers are paying 12.9 times trailing earnings, 31% below its five-year average of 18.7. The median for its industry group is 22.2.

3 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $76.00, sits 21.6% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Unilever: the business

Unilever makes Dove, Hellmann's, Knorr, Vaseline and other consumer brands, and has separated its ice cream business.

What tends to move it. Volume growth, pricing and portfolio changes drive results.

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Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+0.5%
1 week
+0.1%
1 month
-4.3%
3 months
+5.1%
6 months
+4.9%
Year to date
-2.0%
1 year
-4.3%
Day range
$62.26$62.87
52-week range
$53.97$73.09

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readLeaning bearish

2 bullish · 5 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-1.3%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-0.7%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average+1.0%Bullish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)47.7Bearish
MACD (12,26,9)-0.22Bearish
Bollinger band position32%Bearish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$62.47 / $62.48
Average price today$62.46
Volume1.19MAvg (90d) 4.00M
Turnover$74.20M
Turnover rate0.14%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.95vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude0.98%
Market cap$134.56B
Float market cap$53.75B
Shares outstanding860.21M
EPS (TTM)$4.92
P/E (TTM)12.95
P/B7.30
Book value / share$8.56
Earnings yield0.56%
Dividend (TTM)$2.23 / shareYield 3.57%
Net profit (TTM)$10.59B
Net assets$18.43B
30-day volatility18.0%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)1.33%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-25.1%-14.1% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How UL ranks on BeStock

Market value#113 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#22 of 283
Dividend yield#42 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#166 of 300
Dollar volume today#262 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q4, ended Dec 2010 · reported in EUR

Revenue€10.82B+12.0% YoY
Operating profit-€27.08B-7.0% YoY
Net profit€1.04B+15.0% YoY
Diluted EPS€0.37+13.8% YoY
Free cash flow-€191.00M-161.4% YoY
Operating cash flow€1.62B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

€9.5BMar '09€10.5BJun '09€10.2BSep '09€9.7BDec '09€10.1BMar '10€11.8BJun '10€11.5BSep '10€10.8BDec '10

Net profit, last 8 quarters

€803.0MMar '09€833.0MJun '09€1.1BSep '09€906.0MDec '09€1.1BMar '10€1.2BJun '10€1.3BSep '10€1.0BDec '10

Profitability & balance sheet

Operating margin20.2%
Net margin18.3%
Return on equity54.6%
Return on assets12.1%
Return on invested capital57.6%
Current ratio0.74
Liabilities / assets76.2%
Cash & investments€5.87B
Net cash (debt)€5.87B
Free cash flow / sales13.9%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2025/FY

By business line

  • Personal Care€13.16B 26.1%
  • Foods€12.93B 25.6%
  • Beauty & Wellbeing€12.85B 25.4%
  • Home Care€11.57B 22.9%

By region

  • Others€31.56B 62.5%
  • United States€10.50B 20.8%
  • India€6.22B 12.3%
  • United Kingdom€2.23B 4.4%
Average move on report day±3.7%last 16 reports
Closed higher9 of 1656% of the time
Best reaction+9.0%
Worst reaction-5.8%

Stock move on the day after each report

+0.4%2022/Q4+4.7%2023/Q2+3.6%2023/Q4+4.5%2024/Q2-5.4%2024/Q4-1.0%2025/Q2+0.3%2025/Q4+9.0%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings12.8x
CheapRich

Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 8th percentile, 5-year average 18.7x

#879 of 2975 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book7.2x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 87th percentile, 5-year average 6.6x

#4648 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales2.3x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 91st percentile, 5-year average 2.1x

#2645 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

10x15x20x26xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$70.00
Price vs. fair value-10.7%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyMedium

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts3
Average target$76.00+21.6% vs. price
  • Buy 100%

Latest rating actions

  • 29 Jul 2026TD CowenBUY · PT $76.00
  • 29 Jul 2026BernsteinBUY
  • 29 Jul 2026BofA SecuritiesBUY · PT $76.00
  • 21 Apr 2026RBC CapitalHOLD
  • 31 Mar 2026TD CowenBUY · PT $67.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership75.8%-1.67 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,862-49 vs. prior quarter
Short interest0.19% of floatDays to cover 1.0 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share25.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

20%26%33%39%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$22.24M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)3.57%
Last dividend$0.53Ex-date 7 Aug 2026
Next-to-last$0.54
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

1.8120181.8020191.8420202.0320211.8020221.8620231.8720242.042025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 1.7% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Bernstein Initiates Unilever(UL.US) With Buy RatingMarket news · 31 Jul 2026
  • TD Cowen Maintains Unilever(UL.US) With Buy Rating, Raises Target Price to $76Market news · 29 Jul 2026
  • Ditching food, betting on personal care pays off! Unilever (UL.US) reports its highest Q2 volume growth in over a decade and raises full-year guidance accordingly.Zhitong Finance · 28 Jul 2026

UL stock: common questions

How is Unilever stock doing today?

$62.49 is the latest print for UL, a move of +0.53% against yesterday's close of $62.16. Today's low and high so far: $62.26 and $62.87.

How big is Unilever?

Equity value comes to $134.56B at the current price. By that measure it is number 113 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is UL expensive on earnings?

Buyers pay 12.9 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $4.92). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 18.7, and today's level ranks in the 8th percentile of its own history.

How far is UL from its yearly high?

The year's floor is $53.97 and the ceiling $73.09. Shares are 14.5% away from that ceiling.

Are there dividends on Unilever shares?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 3.57% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was August 7, 2026.

Do Wall Street analysts like UL?

Of 3 analysts, 100% say buy, 0% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $76.00, with the most cautious at $76.00 and the most optimistic at $76.00.

How does Unilever make money?

Unilever makes Dove, Hellmann's, Knorr, Vaseline and other consumer brands, and has separated its ice cream business.

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