Unilever plc ADR (NYSE: UL) is -0.99% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $46.46 and a high of $65.87 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The UL stock was last observed hovering at around $55.85 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.29%.
Currently trading at $56.14, the stock is -2.32% and -4.20% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.98 million and changing 0.52% at the moment leaves the stock -2.90% off its SMA200. UL registered 14.01% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -0.71%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $58.6018 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $57.81645.
The stock witnessed a -4.91% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.73%, and is -0.99% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.13% over the week and 1.05% over the month.
Unilever plc ADR (UL) has around 128000 employees, a market worth around $138.98B and $65.19B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.69 and Fwd P/E is 17.07. Profit margin for the company is 11.01%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.85% and -14.77% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (15.11%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.95% this year
1297.0 institutions hold shares in Unilever plc ADR (UL), with institutional investors hold 9.29% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 2.50B, and float is at 2.48B with Short Float at 0.12%. Institutions hold 9.29% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP with over 35.07 million shares valued at $1.93 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 1.3939 of the UL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC with 15.61 million shares valued at $858.52 million to account for 0.6205 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC which holds 8.34 million shares representing 0.3313 and valued at over $458.41 million, while MORGAN STANLEY holds 0.3215 of the shares totaling 8.09 million with a market value of $444.78 million.
