Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through Beauty & Personal Care, Foods & Refreshment, and Home Care segments. The Beauty & Personal Care segment provides skin care and hair care products, deodorants, and skin cleansing products under the Axe, Clear, Dove, Lifebuoy, Lux, Pond's, Rexona, Signal, Suave, Sunsilk, TRESemmé, and Vaseline brands. The Foods & Refreshment segment offers ice cream, soups, bouillons, seasonings, mayonnaise, ketchups, and tea categories under the Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Brooke Bond, Heart (Wall's), Hellmann's, Knorr, Lipton, Magnum, The Vegetarian Butcher, and Unilever Food Solutions brands. The Home Care segment provides fabric solutions, and home care and hygiene products under the Cif, Omo, Persil, Domestos, Seventh Generation, and Sunlight brands. Unilever PLC was incorporated in 1894 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
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| Date | Price Target | Rating | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/6/2025 | Sector Perform → Underperform | RBC Capital Mkts | |
| 8/22/2024 | $47.00 → $72.00 | Underperform → Buy | BofA Securities |
| 7/23/2024 | $67.00 | Buy | TD Cowen |
| 6/7/2024 | Neutral → Buy | Redburn Atlantic | |
| 5/23/2024 | Underweight → Overweight | JP Morgan | |
| 2/27/2024 | $52.00 → $48.00 | Equal-Weight → Underweight | Morgan Stanley |
| 12/11/2023 | Buy → Underperform | Jefferies | |
| 12/11/2023 | Underperform → Mkt Perform | Bernstein | |
| 11/9/2023 | Equal Weight → Overweight | Barclays | |
| 10/11/2023 | $44.00 | Underperform | BofA Securities |
RBC Capital Mkts downgraded Unilever PLC from Sector Perform to Underperform
BofA Securities upgraded Unilever PLC from Underperform to Buy and set a new price target of $72.00 from $47.00 previously
TD Cowen initiated coverage of Unilever PLC with a rating of Buy and set a new price target of $67.00
Redburn Atlantic upgraded Unilever PLC from Neutral to Buy
JP Morgan upgraded Unilever PLC from Underweight to Overweight
Morgan Stanley downgraded Unilever PLC from Equal-Weight to Underweight and set a new price target of $48.00 from $52.00 previously
Jefferies downgraded Unilever PLC from Buy to Underperform
Bernstein upgraded Unilever PLC from Underperform to Mkt Perform
Barclays upgraded Unilever PLC from Equal Weight to Overweight
BofA Securities resumed coverage of Unilever PLC with a rating of Underperform and set a new price target of $44.00
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6-K - UNILEVER PLC (0000217410) (Filer)
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6-K - UNILEVER PLC (0000217410) (Filer)
6-K - UNILEVER PLC (0000217410) (Filer)
6-K - UNILEVER PLC (0000217410) (Filer)
6-K - UNILEVER PLC (0000217410) (Filer)
6-K - UNILEVER PLC (0000217410) (Filer)
6-K - UNILEVER PLC (0000217410) (Filer)
6-K - UNILEVER PLC (0000217410) (Filer)
6-K - UNILEVER PLC (0000217410) (Filer)