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Haleon (HLN) Competitors

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GBX 371.60 +3.00 (+0.81%)
(As of 06:22 AM ET)

HLN vs. ULVR, SGE, SN, WHR, ANP, CLX, TPX, PNPL, LEG, and HIK

Should you be buying Haleon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Haleon include Unilever (ULVR), The Sage Group (SGE), Smith & Nephew (SN), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Anpario (ANP), Calnex Solutions (CLX), TPXimpact (TPX), Pineapple Power (PNPL), Legendary Investments (LEG), and Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK).

Haleon vs.

Unilever (LON:ULVR) and Haleon (LON:HLN) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Haleon. Unilever is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haleon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unilever£60.29B1.87£6.64B£2.202,063.18
Haleon£11.26B2.96£1.09B£0.123,071.67

Unilever received 1003 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.18% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 29.73% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UnileverOutperform Votes
1014
58.18%
Underperform Votes
729
41.82%
HaleonOutperform Votes
11
29.73%
Underperform Votes
26
70.27%

In the previous week, Unilever had 1 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Unilever and 0 mentions for Haleon. Haleon's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Unilever's score of -0.31 indicating that Haleon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Unilever Neutral
Haleon Neutral

Unilever has a net margin of 11.01% compared to Haleon's net margin of 9.66%. Unilever's return on equity of 32.37% beat Haleon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Unilever11.01% 32.37% 8.62%
Haleon 9.66%6.82%4.45%

54.4% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Haleon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Unilever pays an annual dividend of GBX 147 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Unilever pays out 6,681.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haleon pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Unilever has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Unilever presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,665, suggesting a potential upside of 2.78%. Haleon has a consensus target price of GBX 415, suggesting a potential upside of 12.59%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unilever
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Haleon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HLN vs. The Competition

MetricHaleonDrug Manufacturers IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£33.32B£1.17B£5.06B£1.48B
Dividend Yield1.61%3.13%5.18%11.73%
P/E Ratio3,071.67110.11126.321,620.08
Price / Sales2.962,121.991,179.25231,996.62
Price / Cash21.9510.4333.8631.70
Price / Book2.033.134.682.68
Net Income£1.09B£159.31M£119.54M£161.14M
7 Day Performance1.87%-1.11%-1.83%-0.58%
1 Month Performance-2.59%-3.79%-3.60%7.85%
1 Year Performance12.72%87.92%31.91%19.05%

Haleon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLN
Haleon
1.236 of 5 stars
GBX 371.40
+0.8%
GBX 415
+11.7%
+13.2%£33.57B£11.26B3,095.0025,408High Trading Volume
ULVR
Unilever
0.5723 of 5 stars
GBX 4,525
-0.3%
GBX 4,665
+3.1%
+20.2%£112.22B£60.29B2,063.18148,000High Trading Volume
SGE
The Sage Group
0.6809 of 5 stars
GBX 1,273
+0.3%
GBX 1,173
-7.9%
+28.3%£12.68B£2.25B4,882.6911,326Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SN
Smith & Nephew
3.6802 of 5 stars
GBX 974.80
-1.4%
GBX 3,956.20
+305.8%
-3.5%£8.50B£5.64B3,660.0018,452High Trading Volume
WHR
Warehouse REIT
1.8274 of 5 stars
GBX 84.04
+0.4%
GBX 108
+28.5%
-0.1%£357.04M£51.03M1,047.5061,000
ANP
Anpario
0.8453 of 5 stars
GBX 336.70
-1.0%
GBX 370
+9.9%
+29.9%£56.94M£32.72M1,888.89109
CLX
Calnex Solutions
2.8067 of 5 stars
GBX 61.06
+0.1%
GBX 115
+88.3%
-1.6%£53.46M£16.27M1,756.339,000Dividend Cut
News Coverage
Gap Up
TPX
TPXimpact
N/AGBX 34.25
-3.5%
N/A-9.9%£31.27M£84.27M-142.7112,000Gap Down
PNPL
Pineapple Power
N/AGBX 2.74
-5.5%
N/A+0.0%£2.28MN/A-274.002High Trading Volume
LEG
Legendary Investments
N/AGBX 0.09
-5.6%
N/A+0.0%£0.00N/A0.0019,900Gap Down
HIK
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
2.7793 of 5 stars
GBX 1,856
+0.6%
GBX 2,383.33
+28.4%
+5.3%£4.12B£3.02B2,840.009,100

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This page (LON:HLN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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