Unilever PLC
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Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL) is a publicly traded company in the Industrial Applications And Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 26 items for UL at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-16, rated 8/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 12 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for UL spans 425, 6-K.
Recent high-impact activity:
- UK Regulator Opens Probe Into $65B Unilever-McCormick Merger
- McCormick Lays Out $600M Synergy Breakdown and Integration Roadmap for Unilever Foods Deal
- McCormick Quantifies $600M Cost Synergies and EPS Accretion for Unilever Foods Combination
- Unilever delivers strongest volume quarter in over a decade, lifts 2026 guidance
- McCormick Lays Out Post-Merger Blueprint: Four Divisions, Leadership Team, and a London Listing for the Unilever Foods Combination
Financial Snapshot
Short Interest & Short Volume
1.92 days to coverFINRA reported short interest of 4,955,009 shares in UL as of the September 30, 2026 settlement, a 8.3% increase from the prior period — about 1.9 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 9, 2026, 50.9% of UL volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.
Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.
Insider Transactions
UL files as a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI). Under SEC Exchange Act Section 16(a), officers, directors, and 10% owners of FPIs are exempt from Form 4 insider-transaction reporting requirements. Comparable disclosures, when applicable, appear in the company's Form 20-F (annual) or Form 6-K (interim) filings on SEC EDGAR.