Jefferies Sticks to Their Sell Rating for Unilever (ULVR)

Jefferies analyst David Hayes maintained a Sell rating on Unilever yesterday. The company’s shares closed yesterday at p4,251.00.

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According to TipRanks, Hayes is a 3-star analyst with an average return of 3.3% and a 59.34% success rate. Hayes covers the Consumer Defensive sector, focusing on stocks such as Unilever, Nestlé SA, and Puig Brands, S.A..

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Unilever with a p5,337.69 average price target, which is a 25.56% upside from current levels. In a report released on April 1, UBS also maintained a Sell rating on the stock with a p4,440.00 price target.

Based on Unilever’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of p20.35 billion and a net profit of p2.58 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of p29.64 billion and had a net profit of p2.04 billion

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 22 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of ULVR in relation to earlier this year.