Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN), the consumer goods group, said that it had paid 715 million pounds ($1.2 billion) to purchase the rights existing in family trusts by one of the co-founders of the company, William Hesketh Leve, almost a century back. It was a stride to simplify the Anglo-Dutch group’s share structure. Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN), net profit margin is 18.60% and weekly performance is -1.71%. On last trading day company shares ended up $43.22. Analysts mean target price for the company is $44.00. Unilever N.V. (ADR) (NYSE:UN), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 4.60%.
On May 22, 2014, Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL), said it would sell its North American pasta-sauces business under the Ragú and Bertolli brands to Japan’s Mizkan Group for $2.15 billion, accelerating the Anglo-Dutch company’s move away from its once-core foods business and marking another big overseas deal for a Japanese firm. Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL), fell 0.22% in last trading session and ended the day on $44.82. UL, its return on assets is 19.40%. Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL), quarterly performance is 10.12%.
On May 14, 2014, Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY), and Avon Products, Inc. have entered into a partnership by which select Coty fragrances will be marketed and sold through Avon Brazil’s network of 1.5 million independent sales Representatives. Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY), shares moved down 0.30% in last trading session and was closed at $16.38, while trading in range of $16.28 – 16.44. Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY), year to date (YTD) performance is 7.41%.
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), Insider Deborah Henretta unloaded 48,724 shares of The Procter & Gamble Company stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $79.96, for a total value of $3,895,971.04. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 175,466 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,030,261. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), ended the last trading day at $80.52. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 0.71% and price to cash ratio as 22.34. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), showed a positive weekly performance of 0.24%.
On May 14, 2014, Sitecore the global leader in customer experience management, announced that the Sitecore(R) Experience Platform(TM)has been selected by The L’Oreal SA (ADR) (OTCMKTS:LRLCY), to enable their marketers to deliver personalized customer experiences. L’Oreal SA (ADR) (OTCMKTS:LRLCY), on last trading day company shares ended up $34.77.