Unilever PLC (UL)Consumer Defensive | Household & Personal Products | London, United Kingdom | NYSE
60.84 USD
-0.64
(-1.041%) ⇩
(July 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 4:33 a.m. EDT
Unilever presents a compelling case for a patient buyer, balancing a robust dividend yield against a stock that has recently underperformed its moving averages. The company's fundamentals remain solid, with a 31% return on equity and a consistent track record of raising dividends over the last five years, which supports a strong yield rating. However, the price action tells a different story; the stock is trading significantly below its 200-day average, indicating that the market has punished the name recently despite the positive long-term trajectory. While the statistical forecast model shows no directional bias, the options market is actively betting on a recovery, with traders placing heavy bets on upside moves to the 66 and 95 strike levels. This divergence suggests the recent weakness may be an oversold condition rather than a structural failure. For investors seeking income, the yield is attractive, but the short-term outlook remains cautious due to the lingering technical headwinds. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.015433 |
| AutoTheta | 0.074921 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.134437 |
| MSTL | 0.136352 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 53% |
| H-stat | 1.25 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.510 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.00 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-05-14 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-05-14 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 160.789 |
| Revenue per Share | 23.124 |
| Market Cap | 131,000,647,680 |
| Trailing P/E | 20.84 |
| Forward P/E | 15.68 |
| Beta | 0.45 |
| Profit Margins | 18.75% |
| Previous Name | The Unilever Group |
| Website | https://www.unilever.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 4:33 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a moderate upside move, evidenced by significant call volume at strikes above the current price (66.0 and 95.0) and a heavy concentration of open interest in out-of-the-money calls for later expirations. Conversely, put activity is concentrated at lower strikes (55.0 and 57.5), acting as a floor rather than a bearish signal. Implied volatility remains relatively low across the board, suggesting a lack of fear regarding immediate downside risks.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.97% | 3.43% | 3.43% | 3.55% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | 0.545000 | 0.969061 |
| 2026-02-27 | 0.555000 | 0.752542 |
| 2025-11-07 | 0.592342 | 0.855701 |
| 2025-08-15 | 0.588964 | 0.857377 |
| 2025-05-16 | 0.585586 | 0.842106 |
| 2025-02-28 | 0.525901 | 0.825088 |
| 2024-11-08 | 0.536036 | 0.806780 |
| 2024-08-09 | 0.537162 | 0.789212 |
| 2024-05-16 | 0.513514 | 0.843352 |
| 2024-02-22 | 0.515766 | 0.902997 |
| 2023-11-16 | 0.511261 | 0.951582 |
| 2023-08-03 | 0.534910 | 0.909091 |
| 2023-05-18 | 0.529279 | 0.889646 |
| 2023-02-23 | 0.514640 | 0.901381 |
| 2022-11-17 | 0.474099 | 0.874714 |
| 2022-08-04 | 0.488739 | 0.896324 |
| 2022-05-19 | 0.513514 | 1.059234 |
| 2022-02-24 | 0.548423 | 0.992661 |
| 2021-11-04 | 0.560811 | 0.941933 |
| 2021-08-05 | 0.566441 | 0.879370 |
| 2021-05-20 | 0.581081 | 0.848963 |
| 2021-02-25 | 0.578829 | 0.955213 |
| 2020-10-29 | 0.546171 | 0.840554 |
| 2020-08-06 | 0.528153 | 0.776233 |
| 2020-05-14 | 0.501126 | 0.872720 |
| 2020-02-20 | 0.509009 | 0.758008 |
| 2019-10-31 | 0.509009 | 0.751955 |
| 2019-08-08 | 0.516892 | 0.776781 |
| 2019-05-02 | 0.522523 | 0.775920 |
| 2019-02-14 | 0.497748 | 0.811307 |
| 2018-11-01 | 0.505631 | 0.838939 |
| 2018-08-02 | 0.510135 | 0.799082 |
| 2018-05-03 | 0.539414 | 0.893156 |
| 2018-02-15 | 0.501126 | 0.827599 |
| 2017-11-02 | 0.475225 | 0.757494 |
| 2017-08-02 | 0.466216 | 0.731319 |
| 2017-05-03 | 0.431306 | 0.744846 |
| 2017-02-08 | 0.387387 | 0.818852 |
| 2016-10-26 | 0.399775 | 0.849893 |
| 2016-08-03 | 0.397523 | 0.769735 |
| 2016-04-27 | 0.411036 | 0.807701 |
| 2016-02-03 | 0.371622 | 0.745763 |
| 2015-10-28 | 0.387387 | 0.767343 |
| 2015-08-05 | 0.369369 | 0.715688 |
| 2015-04-22 | 0.359234 | 0.717015 |
| 2015-02-04 | 0.365991 | 0.749712 |
| 2014-11-05 | 0.409910 | 0.910455 |
| 2014-08-06 | 0.432432 | 0.892815 |
| 2014-05-07 | 0.443694 | 0.892615 |
| 2014-02-05 | 0.411036 | 0.964333 |
| 2013-11-06 | 0.414414 | 0.918850 |
| 2013-08-07 | 0.398649 | 0.883455 |
| 2013-05-08 | 0.393018 | 0.810309 |
| 2013-02-06 | 0.364865 | 0.811827 |
| 2012-11-07 | 0.355856 | 0.854054 |
| 2012-08-08 | 0.331081 | 0.823068 |
| 2012-05-09 | 0.360360 | 0.950682 |
| 2012-02-15 | 0.334459 | 0.921215 |
| 2011-11-08 | 0.345721 | 0.904272 |
| 2011-08-10 | 0.359234 | 1.044873 |
| 2011-05-11 | 0.370495 | 1.017315 |
| 2011-02-09 | 0.322072 | 0.969820 |
| 2010-11-09 | 0.328829 | 0.967529 |
| 2010-08-11 | 0.309685 | 1.026887 |
| 2010-05-12 | 0.314189 | 0.986214 |
| 2010-02-10 | 0.306306 | 0.937284 |
| 2009-11-18 | 0.444820 | 1.307082 |
| 2009-05-20 | 0.686937 | 2.618026 |
| 2008-11-05 | 0.371622 | 1.429192 |
| 2008-05-21 | 0.752252 | 2.089458 |
| 2007-11-07 | 0.397523 | 0.999435 |
| 2007-05-23 | 0.711712 | 2.053949 |
| 2006-11-08 | 0.716216 | 2.399094 |
| 2006-05-17 | 0.628754 | 2.499379 |
| 2005-11-16 | 0.299049 | 1.232276 |
| 2005-05-18 | 0.604354 | 2.405377 |
| 2004-11-03 | 0.290916 | 1.332761 |
| 2004-05-19 | 0.558058 | 2.419311 |
| 2003-11-05 | 0.260886 | 1.221084 |
| 2003-05-14 | 0.435435 | 1.901637 |
| 2002-11-06 | 0.225851 | 0.925167 |
| 2002-05-15 | 0.394144 | 1.697655 |
| 2001-04-25 | 0.352227 | 1.924785 |
| 2000-11-15 | 0.177678 | 0.908802 |
| 2000-04-20 | 0.342843 | 2.092602 |
| 1999-11-17 | 0.178929 | 0.951352 |
| 1999-04-21 | 0.349725 | 1.518507 |
| 1998-11-18 | 0.153278 | 0.567293 |
| 1998-04-22 | 0.092593 | 0.354493 |
| 1997-11-19 | 0.148273 | 0.740624 |
| 1997-04-09 | 0.278091 | 1.749572 |
| 1996-11-22 | 0.132476 | 0.901062 |
| 1996-04-15 | 0.270427 | 2.352384 |
| 1995-11-24 | 0.086962 | 0.725612 |
| 1995-04-07 | 0.251502 | 2.010004 |
| 1994-12-02 | 0.064909 | 0.601452 |
| 1994-04-08 | 0.218813 | 2.341427 |
| 1993-12-03 | 0.070383 | 0.656935 |
| 1993-04-08 | 0.183621 | 1.732840 |
| 1992-11-19 | 0.066786 | 0.656928 |
| 1992-04-10 | 0.202546 | 2.047428 |
| 1991-11-29 | 0.063345 | 0.690836 |
| 1991-04-15 | 0.163288 | 1.889589 |
| 1990-11-26 | 0.064752 | 0.807802 |
| 1990-04-09 | 0.172203 | 2.545658 |
| 1989-11-27 | 0.059591 | 0.893844 |
| 1989-04-11 | 0.129505 | 2.316093 |
| 1989-01-05 | 0.049268 | 0.947368 |
| 1988-12-05 | 0.040666 | 0.781961 |
| 1988-04-12 | 0.112613 | 2.000007 |
| 1987-11-23 | 0.047235 | 0.929236 |
| 1987-04-28 | 0.086305 | 1.565389 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.09402192 |
| Address1 | Unilever House |
| Address2 | 100 Victoria Embankment |
| All Time High | 74.98 |
| All Time Low | 1.055743 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 1,700 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.6 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 3,839,650 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,104,644 |
| Average Volume | 4,104,644 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,839,650 |
| Beta | 0.447 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 700 |
| Book Value | 8.110742 |
| City | London |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 60.84 |
| Current Ratio | 0.788 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 61.43 |
| Day Low | 60.825 |
| Debt To Equity | 160.789 |
| Display Name | Unilever |
| Dividend Date | 1,782,432,000 |
| Dividend Rate | 2.28 |
| Dividend Yield | 3.75 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,770,930,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,770,930,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,770,903,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,770,903,000 |
| Ebitda | 10,849,000,448 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.21482 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.556 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.127 |
| Enterprise Value | 157,922,689,024 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.16175 |
| Eps Forward | 3.8804083 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.92 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,778,803,200 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 58.5924 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.2476006 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.038359933 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -9.402191 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 74.98 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -14.140003 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.18858366 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 54.75 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.09 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.11123288 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 54.75 - 74.98 |
| Financial Currency | EUR |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 322,842,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 3.58 |
| Float Shares | 2,162,569,410 |
| Forward Eps | 3.8804083 |
| Forward P E | 15.678762 |
| Free Cashflow | 6,273,124,864 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 93,731 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.46945998 |
| Gross Profits | 23,708,999,680 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.000010000001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.114580005 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 2,153,199,461 |
| Industry | Household & Personal Products |
| Industry Disp | Household & Personal Products |
| Industry Key | household-personal-products |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,778,803,200 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.545 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,765,238,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 888:1000 |
| Long Business Summary | Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through four segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment offers hair care, such as shampoo, conditioner, and styling; face, hand, and body moisturizer skin care products; and Prestige Beauty and Wellbeing products. The Personal Care segment provides soap and shower skin cleansing products; and deodorant and oral care, including toothpaste, toothbrush, and mouthwash products. The Home Care segment offers washing powders and liquids, and rinse conditioner fabric care products; and a range of home and hygiene cleaning products. The Foods segment provides cooking aids and mini meals comprising soups, bouillons, and seasonings, as well as mayonnaise and ketchup condiments; and Unilever food solutions. The company provides its products under the AXE, Clear, Cif, Closeup, Comfort, Dermalogica, Domestos, Dove, Dove Men+Care, Hellmann's, Horlicks, Knorr, LUX, Lifebuoy, Liquid I.V., Nexxus, Nutrafol, OMO, Pond's, Paula's Choice, Pepsodent, Radiant, Rexona, Sunlight, Sunsilk, Surf, TRESemmé, and Vaseline brand names. Unilever PLC was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom. |
| Long Name | Unilever PLC |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 131,000,647,680 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_523191 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-07-15 |
| Net Income To Common | 5,681,999,872 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 130,283,237,222 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 61.3 |
| Operating Cashflow | 8,350,000,128 |
| Operating Margins | 0.20052 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.786 |
| Peg Ratio | 11.58 |
| Phone | 44 20 7822 5252 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.579998 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -0.9531603 |
| Pre Market Price | 60.27 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,112,126 |
| Prev Name | The Unilever Group |
| Previous Close | 61.48 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 19.242508 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 7.5011635 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.593918 |
| Profit Margins | 0.18749 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.497 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.6 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.639999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.04099 |
| Regular Market Day High | 61.43 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 60.825 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 60.825 - 61.43 |
| Regular Market Open | 61.3 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 61.48 |
| Regular Market Price | 60.84 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,784,059,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 4,074,031 |
| Return On Assets | 0.08427 |
| Return On Equity | 0.30955 |
| Revenue Per Share | 23.124 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20365608 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Shares Outstanding | 2,153,199,461 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.00090000004 |
| Shares Short | 2,060,290 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,702,850 |
| Short Name | Unilever PLC |
| Short Ratio | 0.45 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | UL |
| Target High Price | 71.9009 |
| Target Low Price | 67.09213 |
| Target Mean Price | 69.02215 |
| Target Median Price | 68.54778 |
| Total Cash | 5,011,999,744 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.3 |
| Total Debt | 28,277,999,616 |
| Total Revenue | 50,503,000,064 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 1.977 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0321568 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.92 |
| Trailing P E | 20.835615 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 11.5356 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 64.028854 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -3.1888542 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.049803395 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 4,074,031 |
| Website | https://www.unilever.com |
| Zip | EC4Y 0DY |