Unilever plc ADR (NYSE: UL) is -0.41% 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 $56.01 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.46%.
Currently trading at $56.47, the stock is -0.87% and -0.66% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.32 million and changing 0.82% at the moment leaves the stock -4.27% off its SMA200. UL registered 11.89% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.25%.
The stock witnessed a -1.76% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.65%, and is 1.67% up 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 1.23% over the week and 1.18% over the month.
Unilever plc ADR (UL) has around 128000 employees, a market worth around $142.35B and $65.72B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.79 and Fwd P/E is 16.16. Profit margin for the company is 9.45%. Distance from 52-week low is 21.56% and -14.27% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.31%).
with sales reaching $15.3B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.69% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.25% year-over-year.
The shares outstanding are 2.52B, and float is at 2.52B with Short Float at 0.07%.
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.
