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 PLC (LON:ULVR) reports second-quarter results on Thursday with its shares still slightly lower than where they finished 2019 and still 16% below the all-time high seen in September that year. In the past year and a half, the consumer goods company has benefitted from its strong homecare products range as people got more fastidious with their household cleaning and handwashing during the pandemic.

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I established an initial position in Unilever in 2020 and have been increasing it ever since. While the stock seems to be fairly valued, it is still in a buy territory.

Unilever Is In Good Buy Territory

With the market making all-time highs, it is getting difficult to find companies that are still fairly valued. One such company that seems reasonably priced is Unilever. Unilever is a relatively safe consumer staples company with a good diversification in terms of products, sectors, and geographies.

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Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) is one of the companies most exposed to rising prices among the consumer goods sectors, JP Morgan said today. Inflation is rising globally with the Office of National Statistics today reporting that the UK consumer price index rose by 2.1% in May, the first time since 2109 it has risen above 2%.

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Unilever's underlying sales growth rebounded to 5.7% in Q1 2021, though with a number of different moving parts due to COVID-19. There was real growth in every region except Europe, and growth was genuine even taking currency headwinds into account.

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Up around 1.25x from its low in March 2020, at the current price of $59 per share, we believe Unilever stock (NYSE: UL) has further upside potential. The stock has risen from $47 to $59 off its March 2020 low, much less than the S&P which increased by around 80% from its low.

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Verizon stays on my dividend stock watch list for another month! The 5G auction ended with over $80 Billion and Verizon, of course, led the charge. Unilever has had their stock price drop to $56.88 from $60.53 on January 4th 2021. In fact, that represents a 6% drop year-to-date.

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