Unilever

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty and Personal Care, Foods and Refreshment, and Home Care. The Beauty and Personal Care segment offers skin cleansing, hair care, skin care, and deodorants categories. The Foods and Refreshment segment sells ice cream, savory, dressings, and tea. The Home Care segment includes fabric category and a wide range of cleaning products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Unilever Plc engages in the manufacture and sale of consumer goods. It operates through the following segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment offers hair care, skin care, and prestige beauty and health & wellbeing. The Personal Care segment consists of sales of skin cleansing, deodorant, and oral care products. The Home Care segment comprises of sales of fabric care and a wide range of cleaning products. The Nutrition segment refers to sales of scratch cooking aids, dressings, and tea products. The Ice Cream segment covers primarily ice cream products. The company was founded by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh, and William Hulme Lever on January 1, 1930 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

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Unilever (UL) might move higher on growing optimism about its earnings prospects, which is reflected by its upgrade to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).

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Unilever's recent 26% stock rise is driven by reduced price increases and organizational restructuring, enhancing efficiency and focusing on Power Brands. Expansion in emerging markets and potential Ice Cream segment spin-off could unlock further growth and profitability. Dividends and buybacks will continue to reward shareholders, but capital gains may be once again the main component in the coming months.

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Unilever shares rose close to their best level in nearly four years after the consumer-goods group received a rare double upgrade on Thursday.

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Unilever (UL) has recalled about 137,000 cases of single-serve Popsicle Jolly Rancher Frozen Confection Pop products in the U.S. because the products may contain milk.

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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unilever in the United States is recalling approximately 137,000 cases of Popsicle Jolly Rancher Frozen Confection Pop products (single serve offerings) because the products may contain milk, which is not listed as an ingredient on the label. Persons who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product. The only impacted products are Popsicle Jolly Rancher Frozen Co.

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Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management has sold about 3.8 million shares in British consumer goods giant Unilever for nearly 181 million pounds ($232 million), a filing showed on Wednesday.

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Despite a noticeable rebound in Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR)'s gross margins and an operating margin boost in the first half of 2024, investment bank Jefferies remains sceptical about the sustainability of these improvements. Analysts raised concerns about Unilever's future sales growth and free cash flow in a Tuesday broker note.

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Unilever's new CEO has positively impacted the company, with a 20% share price increase and a return to positive volume growth. The company is separating its ice cream division valued at around $20B and plans to cut 1/3rd of office workers in the EU. We expect continued shareholder returns for Unilever in FY2024 and beyond due to improved growth and profitability prospects.

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Unilever delivered solid top-line growth and margin expansion. Its ice cream spinoff plan is progressing.

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Unilever (UL) American depositary receipts (ADRs) jumped 6% Thursday as the consumer-goods giant posted an earnings beat, showing it is weathering the inflation pain hitting consumers better than rival Nestle.

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Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 25, 2024 3:00 AM ET Company Participants Hein Schumacher - CEO & Director Fernando Fernandez - CFO & Director Gemma S. - Global Head of Media Relations Conference Call Participants Celine Pannuti - JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jean-Olivier Nicolai - Goldman Sachs Group James Edward Jones - RBC Thomas Sykes - Deutsche Bank Jeffrey Stent - BNP Paribas Exane Guillaume Delmas - UBS Bruno Monteyne - Sanford C.

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Nestle and Unilever shares took opposite courses on Thursday as the two top consumer goods giants were hit with the results of their varying efforts to win over inflation-hit customers.

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The British company, whose vast portfolio of brands spans Dove, Axe, Knorr and Vaseline, recorded sales growth across all segments in the first half of the year.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) shares rallied close to 6% this morning as investors shrugged off missed quarterly guidance and turned their attention to the prospect of greater profitability later in the year. Soaring to record highs at the open, the consumer goods giant said its underlying operating margin had increased by 250 bps to 19.6%.

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Unilever beat first-half profit expectations on Thursday boosted by resilient pricing even as sales growth disappointed.

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India's Hindustan Unilever (HUL) posted a higher first-quarter profit on Tuesday as price cuts boosted volumes, while a revival of the company's key home care business indicated a gradual recovery in rural demand.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) second quarter might see it beat expectations for a third period running, suggest analysts at Barclays. This ‘hat-trick' would be represented by organic sales growth (OSG) of 4.4% split between volumes of 2.9% and price hikes of 1.5%.

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Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) is forecast to report 4.7% year-on-year underlying sales growth in the second quarter, according to UBS analysts. Total sales volumes are tipped to expand by 3%, with an observable increase in gross margins also predicted.

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