Unilever (ULVR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLN or ULVR?

Unilever received 1002 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.18% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 31.58% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Haleon	Outperform Votes 12 31.58%	Underperform Votes 26 68.42%
Unilever	Outperform Votes 1014 58.18%	Underperform Votes 729 41.82%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HLN or ULVR?

43.9% of Haleon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Haleon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Unilever shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, HLN or ULVR?

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

Is HLN or ULVR more profitable?

Unilever has a net margin of 11.01% compared to Haleon's net margin of 9.66%. Unilever's return on equity of 34.57% beat Haleon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haleon	9.66%	6.54%	4.45%
Unilever	11.01%	34.57%	8.62%

Does the media refer more to HLN or ULVR?

In the previous week, Haleon's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Unilever'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Haleon	Neutral
Unilever	Neutral

Do analysts recommend HLN or ULVR?

Haleon currently has a consensus price target of GBX 457, suggesting a potential upside of 19.38%. Unilever has a consensus price target of GBX 4,686.67, suggesting a potential downside of 1.31%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haleon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Unilever	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is HLN or ULVR a better dividend stock?

Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of GBX 147 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Haleon pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever pays out 66.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has better earnings and valuation, HLN or ULVR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haleon	£11.07B	3.12	£1.07B	£11.89	32.20
Unilever	£70.72B	1.98	£7.79B	£221.09	21.48

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.