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Wall Street is part weighing machine and part voting machine, which opens up opportunities for patient, long-term investors.
UBS has cut its price target for Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR), the consumer goods group, to 4,390p from 4,440p after reducing its 2026 earnings forecast by 1%. The bank retained its 12-month 'sell' rating, while Unilever's shares were priced at 4,542p in the research note dated 6 October.
Unilever PLC (LSE:ULVR) is on JP Morgan's 'positive watch', and Haleon PLC (LSE:HLN, NYSE:HLN) on 'negative watch', ahead of third-quarter reporting by European consumer staples companies. The note adds Givaudan to positive watch alongside Unilever, Heineken N.V.
The main criticism has long been McCormick's persistently high valuation, typically at the high end of the consumer discretionary range, creating a hurdle for value-conscious investors—but that hurdle is not present this year. Trading at approximately 15x its current-year earnings forecast, the stock is as cheap as it's going to get, and a robust recovery could lie ahead.
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Unilever "refuses to engage" with union body IUF over demands that a two-year employment guarantee agreed with European workers under its planned food business merger with McCormick be applied to all staff globally, the IUF said in a memo seen by Reuters.
Britain's competition regulator on Wednesday said it has launched an investigation into McCormick & Company's planned acquisition of the majority of Unilever's foods business to assess whether the deal could reduce competition in UK markets.