UL vs. PG, ECL, CHD, SCL, KO, PEP, PM, BUD, MDLZ, and MO
Should you be buying Unilever stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unilever include Procter & Gamble (PG), Ecolab (ECL), Church & Dwight (CHD), Stepan (SCL), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Philip Morris International (PM), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Mondelez International (MDLZ), and Altria Group (MO).
Unilever (NYSE:UL) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Unilever has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 5 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 13 mentions for Unilever. Procter & Gamble's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Unilever's score of 0.79 indicating that Procter & Gamble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Procter & Gamble received 419 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 51.59% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
Unilever presently has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.74%. Procter & Gamble has a consensus target price of $169.76, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. Given Procter & Gamble's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 18.00% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Procter & Gamble's return on equity of 33.91% beat Unilever's return on equity.
9.7% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Unilever on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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