Unilever PLC (UL) Receiving Somewhat Favorable Press Coverage, Accern Reports

News coverage about Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL) has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Unilever PLC earned a daily sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media headlines about the company an impact score of 46.3062611202938 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next few days.

These are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s scoring:

• Unilever PLC (UL): A Look Behind The Numbers – Evergreen Caller (evergreencaller.com)
• Unilever PLC (UL) has a value of $57.59 per share While Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) is stand at $50.40 – Stocks Gallery (stocksgallery.com)
• Unilever PLC (UL) Hits New 52-Week High – Modern Readers (modernreaders.com)
• Unilever’s Anti-Kraft Work (finance.yahoo.com)
• Contrasting Unilever PLC (UL) and Colgate-Palmolive (CL) (americanbankingnews.com)

Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL) traded down 0.31% on Thursday, reaching $57.66. The company had a trading volume of 798,795 shares. Unilever PLC has a one year low of $38.58 and a one year high of $58.10. The company has a 50-day moving average of $56.51 and a 200 day moving average of $52.27. The stock has a market cap of $162.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.16 and a beta of 0.88.

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, September 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.409 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 2nd. This is an increase from Unilever PLC’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. This represents a $1.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.84%.

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on UL. Royal Bank Of Canada downgraded Unilever PLC from a “sector perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 11th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Unilever PLC from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 2nd. Finally, UBS AG restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Unilever PLC in a research report on Monday, July 17th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $43.50.

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About Unilever PLC

Unilever PLC is a fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company. The Company’s segments include Personal Care, which primarily includes sales of skin care and hair care products, deodorants and oral care products; Foods, which primarily includes sales of soups, bouillons, sauces, snacks, mayonnaise, salad dressings, margarines and spreads; Home Care, which primarily includes sales of home care products, such as powders, liquids and capsules, soap bars and a range of cleaning products, and Refreshment, which primarily includes sales of ice cream and tea-based beverages.