Unilever plc ADR (NYSE: UL) is -3.14% 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 $54.89 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.03%.
Currently trading at $54.92, the stock is -4.18% and -4.10% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.55 million and changing 0.05% at the moment leaves the stock -6.70% off its SMA200. UL registered 9.75% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -10.48%.
The stock witnessed a -0.94% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -4.29%, and is -5.73% 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 1.42% over the week and 1.09% over the month.
Unilever plc ADR (UL) has around 128000 employees, a market worth around $138.67B and $65.72B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.17 and Fwd P/E is 15.72. Profit margin for the company is 9.45%. Distance from 52-week low is 18.22% and -16.62% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.31%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.45% this year.
Unilever plc ADR (UL) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 2.52B, and float is at 2.52B with Short Float at 0.05%.
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 0.6201 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC which holds 8.34 million shares representing 0.3311% 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.
Unilever plc ADR (UL) Insider Activity
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