Unilever (LON:ULVR) Stock Breaks Above 200 Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR)’s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday. The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 4,507.83 and traded as high as GBX 4,936. Unilever shares last traded at GBX 4,903.50, with a volume of 2,428,156 shares changing hands.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ULVR. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded shares of Unilever to a “sector perform” rating and raised their price objective for the company from GBX 4,300 to GBX 4,600 in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued an “underperform” rating and set a GBX 4,000 target price on shares of Unilever in a report on Tuesday, October 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 5,150 target price on shares of Unilever in a report on Monday, October 12th. Finally, Berenberg Bank upped their price target on shares of Unilever from GBX 5,040 to GBX 5,050 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 4,900.

Unilever Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 198.28, a quick ratio of 0.48 and a current ratio of 0.74. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 4,694.68 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 4,518.04. The company has a market capitalization of £107.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 16.72 and a beta of 0.46.

Unilever Company Profile

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.