Jefferies Financial Group Reaffirms “Underperform” Rating for Unilever (LON:ULVR)

Unilever (LON:ULVR)‘s stock had its “underperform” rating reissued by equities researchers at Jefferies Financial Group in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 4,000 target price on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s target price suggests a potential downside of 18.59% from the stock’s previous close.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on ULVR. Berenberg Bank boosted their price objective on Unilever from GBX 5,040 to GBX 5,050 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 5,150 target price on shares of Unilever in a research note on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised Unilever to a “sector perform” rating and upped their target price for the stock from GBX 4,300 to GBX 4,600 in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of GBX 4,770.

Unilever Trading Up 1.8%

LON ULVR traded up GBX 84.59 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching GBX 4,913.60. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 7,072,920 shares, compared to its average volume of 26,460,574. The stock has a market cap of £105.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.59, a P/E/G ratio of 16.72 and a beta of 0.46. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 4,661.45 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 4,491.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 198.28, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.48. Unilever has a 52 week low of GBX 3,644 and a 52 week high of GBX 5,526.

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.