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Unilever (ULVR) Competitors

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GBX 4,559 -22.00 (-0.48%)
(As of 12/20/2024 12:19 PM ET)

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

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

Unilever 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 profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

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£60.29B1.88£6.64B£2.202,072.27
Haleon£11.26B3.06£1.09B£0.123,175.83

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

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%

In the previous week, Unilever and Unilever both had 2 articles in the media. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Haleon's score of 0.25 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unilever
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Haleon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,665, suggesting a potential upside of 2.33%. Haleon has a consensus price target of GBX 415, suggesting a potential upside of 8.90%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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

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%

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 insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Haleon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ULVR vs. The Competition

MetricUnileverHousehold & Personal Products IndustryDefensive SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£113.06B£9.96B£5.11B£1.40B
Dividend Yield3.08%2.65%3.17%11.83%
P/E Ratio2,072.27208.92210.211,505.79
Price / Sales1.881,467.93140,073.55299,938.55
Price / Cash15.9742.35126.0733.51
Price / Book5.602.852.932.84
Net Income£6.64B£596.55M£147.61M£153.02M
7 Day Performance-2.23%-1.83%-1.81%-1.29%
1 Month Performance0.44%-0.25%-0.80%18.82%
1 Year Performance20.32%215.39%58.96%96.99%

Unilever Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ULVR
Unilever
0.379 of 5 stars
GBX 4,559
-0.5%
GBX 4,665
+2.3%
+20.3%£113.06B£60.29B2,072.27148,000
HLN
Haleon
0.6414 of 5 stars
GBX 382.50
+0.5%
GBX 415
+8.5%
+18.3%£34.58B£11.26B3,175.8325,408
SGE
The Sage Group
1.5663 of 5 stars
GBX 1,306.50
flat
GBX 3,918
+199.9%
+9.9%£13.02B£2.25B5,025.0011,326
SN
Smith & Nephew
3.7042 of 5 stars
GBX 993.60
+1.0%
GBX 3,956.20
+298.2%
-6.8%£8.66B£5.64B3,642.2218,452Insider Trade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WHR
Warehouse REIT
1.7053 of 5 stars
GBX 80
-0.4%
GBX 108
+35.0%
-15.5%£339.89M£51.03M1,003.7561,000
ANP
Anpario
1.0397 of 5 stars
GBX 382.75
+0.7%
GBX 370
-3.3%
+39.2%£64.72M£32.72M2,111.11109
CLX
Calnex Solutions
3.143 of 5 stars
GBX 65.90
+1.4%
GBX 115
+74.5%
+3.0%£57.70M£16.27M1,756.339,000Positive News
TPX
TPXimpact
N/AGBX 44
flat
N/A+1.2%£40.18M£84.27M-183.3312,000Gap 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/A0.0019,900News Coverage
Gap Down
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.3351 of 5 stars
GBX 4,853
+0.3%
GBX 4,788.50
-1.3%
-11.3%£33.54B£14.33B2,235.4826,000News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:ULVR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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