FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Unilever / 17 October 2026

Unilever (ULVR): news on Saturday 17 October 2026

+4.7 positive

Coverage was mostly positive, with Unilever shares reaching a 16-year high, a Jefferies target increase and gains among European ADRs. The McCormick food deal clearing a US antitrust hurdle was offset by criticism from Jim Cramer and Elizabeth Warren, and Jefferies reaffirmed an underperform rating.

What drove it

share price highs
McCormick food deal
analyst ratings

The 14 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

+10.0 Unilever reaches its highest level in 16 years: consumers are buying more Dove, Rexona, Vaseline, and detergents Revista Merca2.0
Share price at 16-year high on strong brand demand.
+8.3 Unilever stock: Jefferies raises target to GBp 4,000.00 for Unilever stock - ad-hoc-news.de ad-hoc-news.de
Jefferies raises price target for Unilever.
+6.7 European ADRs Rose Late Friday, Led By Unilever And Equinor Finimize
Unilever led European ADR gains.
+6.7 $44.8B McCormick-Unilever food deal clears US antitrust hurdle NJBIZ
Food deal clears US antitrust hurdle, advancing the transaction.
+5.0 Tara Levy on Unilever’s move into the creator economy qz.com
Unilever's move into the creator economy discussed positively.
−5.0 Unilever (LON:ULVR) Stock Rating Reaffirmed as Underperform by Jefferies Financial Group MarketBeat
Jefferies reaffirms underperform rating on Unilever.
+5.0 Unilever stock rises as buyer support dominates short-term action Traders Union
Stock rising on buyer support.
+4.2 Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing Brings Science to Beauty Conversations L'Officiel Philippines
Brand promotion of Beauty & Wellbeing science.
+3.3 New Knorr range offers air fryer cooks flavour inspiration Unilever Global
New Knorr product range launch.
−3.3 Jim Cramer and Elizabeth Warren criticize McCormick's $45B Unilever food merger — but for very different reasons Yahoo Finance
Prominent critics attack the McCormick-Unilever food merger.
−3.3 Cramer, Warren oppose $45B food merger MoneyWise.com
Cramer and Warren oppose the merger deal.
+2.5 FTSE 100 Unilever (LSE:ULVR): Update Tests Dividend Record Kalkine Media
Update discussed in relation to dividend record.
−2.5 Elizabeth Warren’s Condiment Consternation National Review
Senator criticism of the food merger involving Unilever.
+1.7 Top FTSE 100 shares to watch: Barclays, Unilever, Persimmon, Aberdeen Group Invezz
Unilever named among FTSE shares to watch.

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