Unilever (LON:ULVR) Shares Up 8% – Time to Buy?

Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR)’s stock price shot up 8% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 5,039 and last traded at GBX 4,998. 8,837,406 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 69% from the average daily volume of 28,767,723 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 4,627.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ULVR has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of Unilever to a “sector perform” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from GBX 4,300 to GBX 4,600 in a report on Wednesday. Berenberg Bank boosted their target price on shares of Unilever from GBX 50.40 to GBX 57.90 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Jefferies Financial Group reissued an “underperform” rating and set a GBX 3,800 price objective on shares of Unilever in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 5,150 target price on shares of Unilever in a report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of GBX 3,904.65.

Unilever Trading Down 1.7%

The company’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 4,459.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 4,615.35. The company has a quick ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 0.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 190.62. The company has a market cap of £105.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.72 and a beta of 0.45.

About Unilever

The world’s best?known brands, creating Desire at Scale.
Unilever employed approximately 116,000 people in 2025 and generated €50.5?billion in turnover for the year. We have around 400 brands found in homes all over the world, with many iconic names including Dove, Hellmann’s, Knorr, OMO and Surf. We create culturally connected brands. Connecting with people where and how it matters to them, pioneering change, defining the future and delivering impact.

Our vision is to be the global leader in sustainable business, market-making, culture-creating, future-shaping.