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Unilever plc (UL) news sentiment

How positive or negative Unilever plc's news headlines have been since Sep 23, 2019, week by week, with the last 90 sessions day by day and each recent headline's tone and source.

As of 2026-11-06

Average tone, last 30 sessions
+30From -100 (every headline negative) to +100 (every headline positive)
Headlines, last 30 sessions
97
Headlines, last 90 sessions
335
Change from the 90-session average
+10
Latest session
2026-11-06

Weekly headline tone since September 2019

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Tone8-week averageHeadlinesFiltered out (passing mentions)
Every week since Sep 23, 2019
UL headline tone: Every week since Sep 23, 2019, 370 weeks from September 23, 2019 to October 26, 2026.-100-75-50-25+25+50+75+1000Headlines2020202120222023202420252026

Coverage of Unilever plc over the last 30 trading sessions is positive (+30) across 97 headlines, 16 points above its one-year average of +14. The most widely carried story in the week of Oct 26, 2026 was "Unilever hiking prices as commodity costs soar amid Iran conflict", carried by 117 outlets.

Each point is one week of headlines about Unilever plc: the share of positive minus negative headlines, from -100 to +100, with the 8-week average drawn through it and the number of headlines beneath. Since coverage began, 15,069 headlines average +3.

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Tone mix

UL headlines by tone, last 52 weeks
positive
33%
neutral
50%
negative
17%

Week by week 52 weeks

Nov 3, 2025: 10 positive, 24 neutral, 10 negativeNov 10, 2025: 4 positive, 9 neutral, 2 negativeNov 17, 2025: 3 positive, 20 neutral, 4 negativeNov 24, 2025: 6 positive, 17 neutral, 3 negativeDec 1, 2025: 6 positive, 31 neutral, 5 negativeDec 8, 2025: 12 positive, 23 neutral, 15 negativeDec 15, 2025: 6 positive, 11 neutral, 1 negativeDec 22, 2025: 1 positive, 4 neutral, 3 negativeDec 29, 2025: 2 positive, 4 neutral, 0 negativeJan 5, 2026: 0 positive, 7 neutral, 7 negativeJan 12, 2026: 7 positive, 5 neutral, 3 negativeJan 19, 2026: 10 positive, 11 neutral, 2 negativeJan 26, 2026: 7 positive, 8 neutral, 3 negativeFeb 2, 2026: 3 positive, 2 neutral, 0 negativeFeb 9, 2026: 19 positive, 19 neutral, 18 negativeFeb 16, 2026: 26 positive, 9 neutral, 5 negativeFeb 23, 2026: 11 positive, 2 neutral, 2 negativeMar 2, 2026: 2 positive, 6 neutral, 0 negativeMar 9, 2026: 5 positive, 3 neutral, 0 negativeMar 16, 2026: 4 positive, 66 neutral, 8 negativeMar 23, 2026: 9 positive, 51 neutral, 10 negativeMar 30, 2026: 58 positive, 79 neutral, 41 negativeApr 6, 2026: 11 positive, 27 neutral, 4 negativeApr 13, 2026: 14 positive, 8 neutral, 3 negativeApr 20, 2026: 7 positive, 3 neutral, 5 negativeApr 27, 2026: 15 positive, 12 neutral, 4 negativeMay 4, 2026: 10 positive, 9 neutral, 1 negativeMay 11, 2026: 2 positive, 6 neutral, 8 negativeMay 18, 2026: 4 positive, 8 neutral, 2 negativeMay 25, 2026: 11 positive, 3 neutral, 2 negativeJun 1, 2026: 16 positive, 13 neutral, 3 negativeJun 8, 2026: 5 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negativeJun 15, 2026: 2 positive, 2 neutral, 0 negativeJun 22, 2026: 5 positive, 7 neutral, 0 negativeJun 29, 2026: 3 positive, 14 neutral, 1 negativeJul 6, 2026: 5 positive, 12 neutral, 3 negativeJul 13, 2026: 4 positive, 7 neutral, 2 negativeJul 20, 2026: 4 positive, 14 neutral, 1 negativeJul 27, 2026: 29 positive, 13 neutral, 11 negativeAug 3, 2026: 5 positive, 5 neutral, 3 negativeAug 10, 2026: 1 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negativeAug 17, 2026: 4 positive, 8 neutral, 1 negativeAug 24, 2026: 8 positive, 17 neutral, 3 negativeAug 31, 2026: 5 positive, 7 neutral, 1 negativeSep 7, 2026: 11 positive, 9 neutral, 0 negativeSep 14, 2026: 2 positive, 9 neutral, 11 negativeSep 21, 2026: 3 positive, 4 neutral, 5 negativeSep 28, 2026: 1 positive, 3 neutral, 0 negativeOct 5, 2026: 9 positive, 9 neutral, 1 negativeOct 12, 2026: 2 positive, 5 neutral, 2 negativeOct 19, 2026: 3 positive, 5 neutral, 6 negativeOct 26, 2026: 26 positive, 6 neutral, 5 negative
Nov 3, 2025Oct 26, 2026

Share of Unilever plc's 1,336 headlines over the last 52 weeks by the model's call, and the same mix week by week.

Biggest swings in the last year

The weeks whose tone moved furthest from the 8-week average, with the story most outlets carried that week.

Daily headline tone, last 90 sessions

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Session tone8-session averageHeadlines
Last 81 sessions with a headline
UL average headline tone by session: Last 81 sessions with a headline, 81 sessions from July 2, 2026 to November 6, 2026.-100-75-50-25+25+50+75+1000HeadlinesJul 2026AugSepOctNov

Each point is the average score of the headlines about Unilever plc in one trading session, with the 8-session average drawn through it. Sessions with no headline about the company have no point.

Tone by period

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Last 7 sessions28+56
Last 30 sessions97+30
Last 90 sessions335+20

Every headline in the period counts equally.

Headlines on Friday, November 6, 2026

1 headline, average tone +96: 1 positive, 0 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 1.

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Unilever to take India playbook to Africa, Vietnam, Pakistan and Bangladesh to drive growtheconomictimes.indiatimes.com2Positive

Headlines on Thursday, November 5, 2026

4 headlines, average tone +32: 2 positive, 1 neutral and 1 negative. Showing all 4.

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Unilever to invest euro 35 million in India R&D hubs, focus on AI-led innovationwww.newindianexpress.com1Positive
Unilever Invests 35 Million Euros in Two Indian R&D Centerswwd.com1Positive
Unilever To Sell Myanmar Joint Venture Stakewww.esmmagazine.com1Negative
Unilever looks to India to deliver what China did for rivals: CEOwww.livemint.com1Neutral

Headlines on Wednesday, November 4, 2026

4 headlines, average tone +50: 2 positive, 2 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 4.

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Unilever to invest 35 mn euro in India R&D hubs, Bio-Futures partnershipwww.business-standard.com1Positive
Unilever to deepen its research and development capability in Indiawww.adgully.com1Positive
Unilever targets $1.12 billion savings in home, personal care pivotwww.aol.com1Neutral
Unilever Investor Event 2026 | Company Announcementwww.investegate.co.uk1Neutral

Headlines on Monday, November 2, 2026

5 headlines, average tone 0: 1 positive, 3 neutral and 1 negative. Showing all 5.

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Unilever Consumer Care revenue, profit drop in Jul-Septwww.thedailystar.net1Negative
Unilever hiking prices as commodity costs soar amid Iran conflictwww.standard.co.uk1Positive
9,214 Unilever PLC $UL Shares Purchased by Pinkerton Wealth LLCwww.themarketsdaily.com1Neutral
Unilever's (ULVR) "Hold" Rating Reiterated at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaftwww.themarketsdaily.com1Neutral
Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $68.37www.themarketsdaily.com1Neutral

Headlines on Friday, October 30, 2026

4 headlines, average tone +64: 3 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 4.

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Amid near-term headwinds, Street is bullish on Hindustan Unileverwww.business-standard.com1Positive
PYMNTS | Unilever Cuts Order Processing to 90 Seconds With AI Agentswww.pymnts.com1Positive
Unilever's 'Rexona Rivals' Named Cartology's Campaign Of The Yearwww.bandt.com.au1Positive
Shell, Unilever and GSK set 12 November Ex-dividend Datewww.el-balad.com1Neutral

How the score works

A headline's tone is not a forecast of the share price. Read the headlines themselves before acting on an average.

  1. Which headlines count

    Headlines come from the GDELT global news feed from 2019-09-23 on. A headline counts only when a model judges it to be about Unilever plc, not a passing mention.

  2. How each headline is scored

    The model calls each headline positive, neutral or negative news for the company. A period's tone is the share of positive minus negative headlines, from -100 (all negative) to +100 (all positive).

  3. When a headline counts

    Headlines published by 9:15 a.m. New York time belong to that day's session. Later and weekend headlines move to the next trading session.

  4. Repeated stories

    When several outlets carry the same headline, it counts once per session.