ULVR.L - Unilever PLC
| Previous close | 4,059.00 |
| Open | 4,065.50 |
| Bid | 4,070.00 x 7700 |
| Ask | 4,200.00 x 40000 |
| Day's range | 4,059.00 - 4,128.50 |
| 52-week range | 3,678.50 - 4,557.50 |
| Volume | 2,719,816 |
| Avg. volume | 2,978,089 |
| Market cap | 110.205B |
| Beta | 0.75 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 16.39 |
| EPS (TTM) | 248.70 |
| Earnings date | N/A |
| Forward dividend & yield | 1.29 (3.17%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 2018-05-03 |
| 1y target est | 44.19 |
Reuters•2 days agoUnilever takes stand against digital media's fake followers
Consumer goods giant Unilever (ULVR.L) (UNc.AS), the world's second-biggest advertiser, is cutting ties with digital media "influencers" that buy followers, saying it wants to help make advertising more transparent. With big brands advertising more on social media sites like Instagram and Facebook (FB.O), a cottage industry of "influencers" has sprung up, in which celebrities and other popular people earn money by posting about products.
- Reuters•2 days ago
Unilever takes stand against digital media's fake followers
Consumer goods giant Unilever (ULVR.L) (UNc.AS), the world's second-biggest advertiser, is cutting ties with digital media "influencers" that buy followers, saying it wants to help make advertising more transparent. With big brands advertising more on social media sites like Instagram and Facebook (FB.O), a cottage industry of "influencers" has sprung up, in which celebrities and other popular people earn money by posting about products.
- Reuters - UK Focus•2 days ago
Unilever takes stand against digital media's fake followers
Consumer goods giant Unilever (Amsterdam: UZ8.AS - news) , the world's second-biggest advertiser, is cutting ties with digital media "influencers" that buy followers, saying it wants to help make advertising more transparent. With (Other OTC: WWTH - news) big brands advertising more on social media sites like Instagram and Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB - news) , a cottage industry of "influencers" has sprung up, in which celebrities and other popular people earn money by posting about products.
- The Wall Street Journal•3 days ago
Unilever Demands Influencer Marketing Business Clean Up Its Act
Using personalities popular on social media for promotion may be a hot marketing technique, but it also has a downside, warns one of the world’s biggest advertisers. , the maker of Dove shampoo and Hellman’s mayonnaise, is expected to call for greater transparency in the often murky world of influencer marketing during the Cannes ad festival that is taking place this week on the French Riviera. Influencer marketing, the practice that involves paying people with large social-media followings to promote a product or service, has been growing in importance over the past few years as brands flocked to the practice to help them harness the popularity of social-media platforms.
- Reuters•5 days ago
British M&A booms two years on from Brexit vote
Deal-making involving UK companies has picked up in the two years since the country's decision to leave the European Union, defying worries that Brexit would stifle mergers and acquisition activity, data from Thomson Reuters Deals Intelligence shows. The surprise referendum result in June 2016 initially stoked fears that deals involving British firms would dry up amid uncertainty about Brexit's impact on the UK economy.
- Reuters - UK Focus•5 days ago
British M&A booms two years on from Brexit vote
Deal-making involving UK companies has picked up in the two years since the country's decision to leave the European Union, defying worries that Brexit would stifle mergers and acquisition activity, data from Thomson Reuters Deals Intelligence shows. The surprise referendum result in June 2016 initially stoked fears that deals involving British firms would dry up amid uncertainty about Brexit's impact on the UK economy. A weaker sterling in the wake of the referendum result has made British businesses more attractive targets to overseas buyers in the aftermath of the vote.
- The Wall Street Journal•6 days ago
[$$] Goodbye London: Unilever Set to Lose Its Place in the FTSE 100
One of the U.K.’s biggest companies looks set to leave the FTSE 100, the country’s blue chip stock index. Unilever PLC said Thursday it was “extremely unlikely” it would keep a place in the index after it consolidates its British and Dutch legal structure in the Netherlands. It currently operates as two separately listed companies, Unilever PLC in the U.K. and Unilever NV in the Netherlands.
- Reuters - UK Focus•6 days ago
UK stocks join European rally after ECB signals rate hike further away
Britain's main stock index rose on Thursday after the European Central Bank signalled interest rates would remain steady through next summer, easing investors' concerns about tightening monetary policy. ...
- Reuters - UK Focus•6 days ago
BUZZ-Brazil truckers strike to challenge staples growth - Bernstein
** Sales of several U.S. consumer staples companies may be hampered in coming earnings season by May truckers strike in Brazil, Bernstein analysts write in note published on Thurs ** U.S. shares of Unilever ...
- Bloomberg•6 days ago
Unilever's Expensive PowerPoint Moment
Just ask Unilever shareholders. The message and the way it was disclosed — coughed out in a presentation at a conference organized by Deutsche Bank AG — are both concerning, especially for a company that was the subject of a $143 billion bid from The Kraft Heinz Co. last year. Unilever blamed the slower-than-expected growth on strikes in Brazil, which would cut revenue by 150 million euros ($177 million) in the second quarter.
Reuters•6 days agoUnilever signals likely FTSE exit as Brazil strike hits sales
Unilever (UNc.AS) (ULVR.L) is "extremely unlikely" to stay in Britain's FTSE 100 blue chip share index (.FTSE) after the consumer products company moves its headquarters to the Netherlands. Unilever also said on Thursday that a truckers strike in Brazil would hit sales more than expected, contributing to a 4 percent drop in the company's shares. The group said the strike in Brazil last month - which prevented all deliveries to factories or stores for 11 days - would reduce second-quarter sales by 150 million euros ($177.38 million).
- Reuters - UK Focus•6 days ago
Unilever signals likely FTSE exit as Brazil strike hits sales
Unilever is "extremely unlikely" to stay in Britain's FTSE 100 blue chip share index after the consumer products company moves its headquarters to the Netherlands. Unilever also said on Thursday that a truckers strike in Brazil would hit sales more than expected, contributing to a 4 percent drop in the company's shares.
Reuters•6 days agoUnilever signals likely FTSE exit as Brazil strike hits sales
Unilever (UNc.AS) (ULVR.L) is "extremely unlikely" to stay in Britain's FTSE 100 blue chip share index (.FTSE) after the consumer products company moves its headquarters to the Netherlands. Unilever also said on Thursday that a truckers strike in Brazil would hit sales more than expected, contributing to a 4 percent drop in the company's shares. The group said the strike in Brazil last month - which prevented all deliveries to factories or stores for 11 days - would reduce second-quarter sales by 150 million euros (132 million pounds).
- Bloomberg•7 days ago
Unilever Warns of Slow Sales as It Faces Future Outside FTSE
Unilever gave a muted outlook for sales and said it’s “extremely unlikely” to remain in the U.K.’s benchmark FTSE 100 stock index after the company consolidates its headquarters in the Netherlands. The consumer-goods giant said sales growth in the first half is likely to be below the full-year forecast range of 3 percent to 5 percent. The effect of strikes in Brazil will cut sales by 150 million euros ($177 million) in the second quarter, it said.
- Simply Wall St.•19 days ago
Is Unilever PLC’s (LON:ULVR) ROE Of 45.08% Sustainable?
Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) outperformed the Personal Products industry on the basis of its ROE – producing a higher 45.08% relative to the peer average of 13.54% over the past 12Read More...
- Reuters•21 days ago
Unilever CEO in no rush to quit, prefers internal successor: Bernstein
No date has been set for Polman's retirement, but Sky News reported in November he was expected to step down in about 18 months, citing people close to the matter. "We need to do a few things that we're in the middle of now that I am probably better-placed for finishing," Polman told Bernstein analyst Andrew Wood in an interview the brokerage hosted last week and published on Thursday. The owner of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream was working with search firm Egon Zehnder to find a possible external successor for Polman, who has been CEO since January 2009, Sky News reported at the time.
- Motley Fool•21 days ago
The Lid on Unilever's Pricing Basket
Four factors are currently crimping the organization's pricing strategy.
- Bloomberg•27 days ago
Unilever's Ghana Unit Sees Growing Economy Bolstering Sales
Rapid economic expansion and a stable currency will continue to bolster Unilever NV’s Ghana unit after revenue grew by a fifth in the first three months of 2018, according to its managing director. The manufacturer and distributor of Lux soap and Lipton tea wants to take advantage of favorable conditions in the West African nation by widening its distribution network and introducing more products, MD Ziobeieton Yeo said Thursday in an interview in the capital, Accra. An oil-fueled boom has lifted Ghana’s economic expansion to 8.5 percent last year and the International Monetary Fund forecasts growth of 6.3 percent in 2018.
- The Wall Street Journal•last month
Kraft Heinz Prepares to Take On Hellmann’s With a New Mayonnaise and ‘Mayochup’
Hellmann’s maker Unilever PLC and Kraft Heinz Co., which owns Miracle Whip, are cutting prices and slinging out new concoctions as they battle changing eating habits, an array of new competitors and each other. The two, which together account for more than 80% of U.S. mayonnaise sales, are duking it out because they are at risk of losing shelf space to faster-growing rivals. U.S. sales of mayonnaise fell 6.7% between 2012 and 2017, according to Euromonitor.
- Reuters - UK Focus•last month
Cream of Wheat maker to hike prices by end of May -CEO
Breakfast staple Cream of Wheat and snack brand Pirate's Booty will soon cost more as B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS - news) Inc raises list prices for the first time in three years and curbs promotions, the food maker said on Wednesday. Retail hikes of about a dime "across the board" will be in place by the end of May to cover freight costs which soared at the end of 2017, B&G Chief Executive Bob Cantwell said in a presentation at BMO's Farm to Market conference in New York. An 18 ounce Cream of Wheat Hot Cereal sells for about $4.
- Reuters - UK Focus•last month
Unilever Nigeria calls shareholder vote over sale of spreads business
Unilever Nigeria plans to hold shareholder meeting on May 10 to vote on the proposed sale of its Blue Band margarine business, the company said on Thursday. The brand, made and distributed by Unilever ...
- Reuters•last month
Beiersdorf lifted by La Prairie as ageing Nivea slips
Beiersdorf's (BEIG.DE) sales growth was lifted by its Tesa adhesives unit and La Prairie premium skin care brand in the first quarter, smoothing slowing sales of its Nivea products. La Prairie sales jumped 56 percent as the German consumer goods firm reaped the benefits of a strategy to make its other businesses as strong as its mainstay Nivea brand. Luxury cosmetics are enjoying booming demand, particularly in China, which has also helped L'Oreal (OREP.PA) offset weaker performance in its mass market division.
- Reuters - UK Focus•last month
Beiersdorf lifted by La Prairie as ageing Nivea slips
Beiersdorf (IOB: 0DQ7.IL - news) 's sales growth was lifted by its Tesa adhesives unit and La Prairie premium skin care brand in the first quarter, smoothing slowing sales of its Nivea products. La Prairie sales jumped 56 percent as the German consumer goods firm reaped the benefits of a strategy to make its other businesses as strong as its mainstay Nivea brand. Beiersdorf said on Tuesday that its Tesa unit, which makes adhesives for the automotive and electronics industries, saw sales rise 8.5 percent and the medicinal Eucerin and Aquaphor lotions unit grew by 8.5 percent.
- Reuters•last month
IFF to buy Israel's Frutarom for $7.1 billion, nearing top spot
JERUSALEM/NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF.N) agreed to buy Israeli flavours and ingredients maker Frutarom (FRUT.TA) for $7.1 billion (5.24 billion pounds) in cash and stock on Monday, vying for the industry's top spot with market leader Givaudan (GIVN.S). The flavours and fragrances sector was expected to consolidate after Geneva-based Givaudan said in March it planned to launch an offer for French natural ingredients firm Naturex (NATU.PA) and Israeli media reported last month that Frutarom had attracted takeover interest. The deal marks another bet on the explosion of consumer preferences for smaller upstart brands that feature more natural products focused on health and wellness.
