Unilever is a household & personal product company located in United Kingdom, which is part of the Consumer Defensive sector, and is traded under the ticker UL on the NYSE exchange.
Unilever stock last closed at $50.52, up 0.5% from the previous day, and has decreased 2.43% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Household & Personal Products industry by 0.14 percentage points. Unilever stock is currently +19.04% from its 52-week low of $42.44, and -10.49% from its 52-week high of $56.44.
As of Feb 3, 2023, there are 2.55B UL shares outstanding. The market cap of UL is $128.70B. In the last 24 hours, 1.4M UL shares were traded.
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Unilever shares at a glance
UL Price
$50.52
1w %
1.41%
1y %
-2.43%
5y %
-6.31%
P/E
21.94x
P/B
6.33x
P/S
2.26x
PEG
1.74x
Revenue
$56.84B
Earnings
$5.89B
Fore. Rev. Growth
5.87%
Fore. Earn. Growth
14.02%
Market Cap
$128.70B
Next Earnings
Feb 9, 2023
Next Dividend
N/A
Unilever Fundamentals
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You can view all of the due diligence checks on UL's stock page.
Is UL stock overvalued?
Analysts use many financial metrics, analyses, models, and charts to gauge UL's fair value.
Using relative valuations ratios:
UL may be undervalued based on its P/E ratio of 21.94x, relative to Household & Personal Products industry P/E ratio of 28.2x
UL may be undervalued based on its P/B ratio of 6.33x, relative to Household & Personal Products industry P/B ratio of 6.44x
UL may be overvalued based on its PEG ratio of 1.74x
Last year, UL earnings were $5.89B. During the last five year, UL's earnings have increased by 0.48% per year. This was slower than the Household & Personal Products industry average of 4.45%.
Last year, UL revenue was $56.84B. Over the last five year, UL's revenue has increased by -0.87% per year. This was slower than the Household & Personal Products industry average of 4.91%.
Unilever pays a dividend of 3.56%, compared to the Household & Personal Products industry's average dividend yield of 2.6%. If you owned $1,000 worth of UL stock, you would have been paid $35.59 last year.
Unilever dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade but have not remained stable.
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