Haleon (HLN) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer UL or HLN?

Unilever currently has a consensus target price of $66.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.75%. Haleon has a consensus target price of $10.95, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. Given Haleon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unilever	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Haleon	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has more volatility & risk, UL or HLN?

Unilever has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to UL or HLN?

In the previous week, Unilever had 11 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Unilever and 8 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Haleon's score of 1.09 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Haleon	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, UL or HLN?

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
Unilever	$60.76B	2.53	$6.22B	$3.49	17.81
Haleon	$11.23B	4.07	$1.30B	$0.39	25.97

Is UL or HLN more profitable?

Haleon has a net margin of 10.85% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Haleon's return on equity of 14.76% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A
Haleon	10.85%	14.76%	7.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UL or HLN?

Unilever received 481 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.67% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 496 51.67%	Underperform Votes 464 48.33%
Haleon	Outperform Votes 15 39.47%	Underperform Votes 23 60.53%

Is UL or HLN a better dividend stock?

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Unilever pays out 53.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haleon pays out 59.0% 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. Unilever is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.