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Company Description

Currently, there's no company description for UL.

Sector: Consumer Goods

Industry: Food - Major Diversified

Country: United Kingdom

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Saturday, May 4, 2:51 PM Unilever (UL) plans to sell its salad dressing business, according to reports. The buzz is that the company is in the early stages of looking for a buyer with Goldman Sachs doing the legwork. The move was tipped off during Unilever's Q4 earnings call (transcript) when CEO Paul Polman indicated selling non-core food products was part of the company's strategic plan. Pinnacle Foods (PF) is getting bandied around as a potential acquirer of the business. Comment! [Consumer, M&A]
Tuesday, April 30, 3:50 AM Unilever (UN, UL) offers as much as $5.4B to boost its stake in its Indian unit Hindustan Unilever to a maximum of 75%. Unilever's 600 rupee/share bid is a 20.6% premium to Monday's close, but analysts say that may not be enough to entice foreign funds holding the shares to gain exposure to a hot Indian market. (PR) 1 Comment [Breaking News, M&A]
Thursday, April 25, 4:00 AM Unilever (UL): Q1 underlying sales +4.9% vs +8.4% a year earlier and consensus of +5.5%, volumes +2.2%, prices of goods +2.6%. Breakdown: developing markets +10.4%; North America +0.3% vs +5% last year; Europe -3.1%, highest rate of decline in over three years; personal +8.3%; home-care sales +9.4%, Refreshment +2.2%, with ice cream dropping over 10%; foods -0.5%. Proposes to increase quarterly dividend 10.7% to €0.269 a share. Unilever -1.9% in London. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Consumer]
Monday, February 25, 11:09 AM Consumers are clipping coupons at a higher rate than anytime since the 2007 recession, according to tracking from Coupons.com. The biggest amount of activity has been seen in the food categories (CPB, KRFT, CAG, PEP) of soup, cheese, rice, and pasta - although personal care and beauty items (PG, AVP, EL, UL, CL) are also in focus. 8 Comments [Consumer]
Wednesday, January 23, 9:43 AM A strong quarter put in by Unilever (UL +2.8%) serves as a reminder that a consumer staples company (XLP) can grow prices and volume in tandem with the right focus on categories and geography, notes retail analyst Rahul Sharma. Will Colgate-Palmolive (CL +0.1%) and Procter & Gamble (PG) execute as well as their peer? Comment! [Consumer]
Wednesday, January 23, 3:43 AM Unilever (UL): 2012 net profit +5.4% to €4.48B; core EPS +11% to €1.57, in line with forecasts. Revenues +10.5% to €51.3B, in line. Underlying sales +6.9%, above consensus of 6.5%. Underlying Q4 sales +7.8% vs +6.3%. 2012 emerging markets sales +11.4%. Warns of a challenging global market due to "intense competition and volatile commodity costs." Declares dividend of €0.243/share, payable in March. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Consumer, Dividends]
Friday, January 4, 1:52 PM The FDA is proposing two new food safety rules for foodborne illness prevention. The first rule would require food makers to develop a formal plan for preventing their food products from causing foodborne illness, and for correcting any problems that might arise. The second proposes enforceable, scientific-based safety standards for the production and harvesting of produce on farms. 2 Comments [Consumer, Commodities]
Friday, January 4, 11:25 AM Omega Advisors' Leon Cooperman is no fan of consumer staples stocks as his hedge fund moves to short Procter & Gamble (PG +0.1%), Unilever (UL -0.1%), and Nestle (NSRGY.PK) in the new year. The investor says he isn't convinced by the margins and growth of the group. If he's right on his call, the Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF (XLP) also looks dicey. 8 Comments [Consumer, Quick Ideas]
Thursday, January 3, 7:40 AM Hormel Foods (HRL) buys the Skippy Peanut Butter business from Unilever (UL) for $700M. The company expects the deal for the iconic brand to be modestly accretive in FY13 and add between $0.13-$0.17 to earnings in FY14. 1 Comment [M&A, Consumer]
Friday, November 9, 2012, 10:52 AM A move by Unilever (UL +0.1%) to shop its Skippy peanut butter brand is starting to draw some interest, according to report. Interested bidders could include both ConAgra (CAG +0.7%) and B&G Foods (BGS -0.7%). Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 7:56 AM Shares of Unilever (UL) gain 4.5% in premarket trading after the company shows strong sales gains across geographic regions, including China. The company says its on target to meet margin estimates in 2012, but warns the cost of ingredients is still a concern. 1 Comment [Consumer, On the Move]
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 3:33 AM Unilever (UL): Q3 sales +10.3% to €13.4B. Underlying sales +5.9% vs +5.8% in Q2 and consensus of 5%, with emerging markets +12.1%; underlying volumes +3.4% vs +2.2% in Q2; pricing +2.4%. Sales in Americas +4.7%, Europe +0.9%, reversing 2.2% fall in Q2. "The environment will remain challenging. Commodity cost inflation is high and remains volatile," says CEO Paul Polman. Shares +3.65% in London. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Financials]
Thursday, October 4, 2012, 12:06 AM Unilever (UL) is shopping its Skippy peanut butter brand for $300-$400M, according to sources. The move makes sense, says analyst Bryan Gildenberg, as it keeps with company strategy of positioning itself more as a personal care firm than a food business. 2 Comments [Consumer, M&A]
Thursday, September 13, 2012, 12:41 PM Unilever (UL) says it will close three plants in Wales, resulting in the loss of 300 jobs. The company will shutter its Swansea and Bridgend factories by the end of 2013, with its Ewloe plant in Flintshire will close by the end of 2014. Comment! [Consumer, Global & FX]
Monday, August 6, 2012, 9:03 AM It used to be that the only thing that Procter & Gamble (PG), Unilever (UL) and other big multinationals selling everyday household goods in China had to worry about was counterfeit products. However, local companies have begun to take market share as their advertising and packaging gets more sophisticated. P&G and Unilever give the impression that they're not too worried. Comment! [Consumer]
Monday, July 30, 2012, 12:00 PM Unilever (UL +0.4%) works out an agreement to sell its North America frozen meals business to ConAgra Foods (CAG +1.1%) for $265M. The deal will include a transfer of licensing rights for the Bertolli and P.F. Chang brand names. 1 Comment [Consumer]

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$UL ,......Long,.....http://bloom.bg/1248Z2o
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$GSK $AEP and $PFE are tomorrow's top ex-dividend stocks - http://stks.co/jUK4 - 2.7% average yield - $UL $PPG $WFC 49 ex-dividend stocks
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$UL , Warren? Jimmy? Long!
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Returning Upgrades (4/11/13): $STAG, $STAN, $STJ, $SUI, $SWM, $THG, $TXRH, $UL, $UN, $VCLK, $VOD, $WPPGY
Apr 12, 10:33 AM
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$UL hits afterburners! Long.
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$NMM $CPLP and $FPO are the best yielding stocks going ex-dividend tomorrow + http://stks.co/gKyI + Iike $UL $BBT $PH
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$UL .....Long,.....http://yhoo.it/V6Tu62
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Ocean Man: Stellar report today!
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$UL .....Long.
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$UL .....Long,...http://bloom.bg/RtMJ0D
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$UL strong buy! Long ....http://yhoo.it/Xjnxx1
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Ocean Man: Stellar report today!
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$UL ......Long......http://onforb.es/RChMsi
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Hillbilly Stock Star: $MGM ......Tepper too! Long........http://bit.ly/TvOAA1
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Hillbilly Stock Star: $MRO cause Clarence Cares-a-Lot! Long.
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UL.....Long.
10/25/12
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Ocean Man: Great quarter by UL!
10/25/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: VDC, UL,......kinda part of plan "B"! LoL! Thanks.
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UL......kinda with Larry Fink on Euroland, Long.
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Long Term price target is $50! UL Long.
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UL.......Long, doing a little bottom fishing in Euro Land.
9/13/12
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Energysystems: emerging market star, big divi, in all mature markets. Where can u go wrong? UL is along the same lines as PEP, KO, MDLZ, Nestle, PG
9/13/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Bought some VDC looking for special situations.
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UL......guessing china wants good stuff, long.
9/12/12
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1980XLS-2.0: Ben & Gerry are not Happy.
9/12/12
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Hillbilly Stock Star: LoL!
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UL.....Long. Bullish new plan.
9/11/12
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Energysystems: Great company. Nice divi, great emerging market growth.
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Bullish Euro Ops re-vamp via Der Spegiel.
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VDC, UL, DAL,.........bought EOD, wish me luck! Long.
9/10/12
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Ocean Man: Nice pullback on UL, I like that one.
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Hillbilly Stock Star: UL......I like there new plan, fingers crossed, Long.
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Going to buy something today...wearing my bagholder shirt! Telecom, staples and healthcare are what I'm checking out..WLP, UL, UN, TMUS...
2/24/12
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dak269: Went in today @ $65.89
2/24/12
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sstonerm3: This isn't going to be a quick trade, but should pay off well by late in the year. Might get a quick ride to $70 though.
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Unilever UN / UL down 4.3% on a disappointing quarterly report. Dip buy? Nice dividend over 4%.
2/2/12
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neobliviscar: Yessir. Got UN in the upper left corner of the screen. It is my cup of coffee play 4 the morn. I'll probably dump at $32.75 for the quickee.
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neobliviscar: In&Out turned into morn-marathon. ?No Show morn print of 32.55? Mystified by that. Sold 1500@32.75 & held. Threw in at 32.66. Now to lunch.
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