Unilever plc ADR (UL) Volatility Spurs A Quest For Clarity

With over 6.03 million Unilever plc ADR (UL) shares trading Monday and a closing price of $46.98 on the day, the dollar volume was approximately $283.14 million. The shares have shown a negative half year performance of -10.24% and its price on 11/20/23 lost nearly -0.76%. Currently, there are 2.59B common shares owned by the public and among those 2.50B shares have been available to trade.

An analysis of what Wall Street brokers have to say about the expected price targets for this stock gives us this picture: 24 analysts who have offered their price forecasts for UL have a consensus price objective of $53.73. The analysts have set the share’s price value over the next 12 months at a high of $62.85 and a low of $39.90. The average price target is 12.56% above its recent price level and a downside to the estimated low will see the stock lose -17.74% over that period. But an upside of 25.25% will see the stock hit the forecast high price target while median target price for the stock is $54.66.

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Shares of Unilever plc ADR (NYSE: UL) opened at $47.36, up $0.02 from a prior closing price of $47.34. However, the script later moved the day high at 47.45, down -0.76%. The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -2.73% and -7.14% over the past three months. UL shares are trading -6.69% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -2.39% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $46.16 and touched a high of $55.99 over the same period. UL has an average intraday trading volume of 2.06 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -1.80%, -3.51%, and -7.95% respectively.

Institutional ownership of Unilever plc ADR (NYSE: UL) shares accounts for 10.03% of the company’s 2.59B shares outstanding.

It has a market capitalization of $117.40B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.45. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 13.97, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $3.36. The company has a PEG of 2.69 and a Quick Ratio of 0.57 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 1.59. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 0.74% over the week and 0.86% over the month.

The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $0 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $0. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 0.11%, and 6.10% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 5.20% over the next five years, compared to 5.28% over the past 5-year period.

If you are looking to buy this stock, then you may note that the average analyst recommendation by 24 brokerage firm advisors rate Unilever plc ADR (UL) as a “Moderate Buy” at a consensus score of 2.54. Specifically, 8 Wall Street analysts polled rate the stock as a buy, while 9 of the 24 advise that investors “hold,” and 2 rated it as a “Sell.”

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