Chart of the Day: Unilever is a Leader in the Consumer Goods Sector
The Chart of the Day belongs to the consumer goods company Unilever (UL) . I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation. Since the Trend Seeker signaled a buy on 3/24 the stock gained 7.88%.
Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company. It operates through Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream segments. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment engages in the sale of hair care products, such as shampoo, conditioner, and styling; skin care products including face, hand, and body moisturizer; and prestige beauty and health & wellbeing products, which includes the vitamins, minerals, and supplements. Personal Care segment offers skin cleansing products comprising soap and shower, deodorant and oral care products, such as toothpaste, toothbrush, and mouthwash products. Home Care segment engages in the sale of fabric care including washing powders and liquids, and rinse conditioners; and home and hygiene, fabric enhancers, water and air wellness products. Nutrition segment provides the sale of scratch cooking aids, which includes soups, bouillons, and seasonings; dressings products, such as mayonnaise and ketchup; and beverages and functional nutrition products including Horlicks and Boost, as well as tea products. Ice Cream segment offers ice cream products including in-home and out-of-home ice creams. It offers its products under the AXE, Bango, Ben & Jerry's, Cif, Comfort, Domestos, Dove, Equilibra, Hellmann's, Knorr, LUX, Lifebuoy, Liquid I.V., Love Beauty & Planet, Magnum, OLLY, OMO, Onnit, Rexona, Seventh Generation, SmartPants, Sunsilk, The Vegetarian Butcher, Vaseline, and Wall's brands. The company was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
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Barchart Technical Indicators:
- 100% technical buy signals
- 27.80+Weighted Alpha
- 20.87% gain in the last year
- Trend Seeker buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 10 new highs and up 4.80% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 73.50%
- Recently traded at $55.44 with 50 day moving average of $52.06
Fundamental Factors:
- Market Cap $140 billion
- Wall Street usually doesn't make Revenue and Earnings projections on ADRs
Analysts and Investor Sentiment -- I don't buy stocks because everyone else is buying but I do realize that if major firms and investors are dumping a stock it's hard to make money swimming against the tide:
- Wall Street analysts issued 1 strong buy, 1 buy and 2 hold opinions on this stock
- Analysts have price targets from $55 to $56
- Value Line gave the stock its average rating of 3 and an 18 month mid-point price target of $84 for a 5% gain
- CFRAs MarketScope has a hold rating
- StockNews Comments: The consumer goods sector tends to perform relatively well, irrespective of market conditions. Also, given rebounding consumer sentiments, consumer goods stocks Unilever (UL) and Yue Yuen Industrial (YUEIY) could be worth buying this week. These stocks are rated Strong Buy in our proprietary rating system.
- 57,060 investors monitor the stock on Seeking Alpha
Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, but may initiate a beneficial Long position through a purchase of the stock, or the purchase of call options or similar derivatives in the next 72 hours.
Additional disclosure: The Barchart Chart of the Day highlights stocks that are experiencing exceptional current price appreciation. They are not intended to be buy recommendations as these stocks are extremely volatile and speculative. Should you decide to add one of these stocks to your investment portfolio it is highly suggested you follow a predetermined diversification and moving stop loss discipline that is consistent with your personal investment risk tolerance and reevaluate your stop losses at least on a weekly basis.
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