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

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%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, UL or HLN?

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Haleon.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unilever	$60.76B	2.26	$6.22B	N/A	N/A
Haleon	$14.05B	3.19	$1.30B	$0.34	29.16

Which has more volatility & risk, UL or HLN?

Unilever has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate UL or HLN?

Unilever currently has a consensus price target of $61.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.55%. Haleon has a consensus price target of $10.95, indicating a potential upside of 10.44%. Given Unilever's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Unilever is more favorable than Haleon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unilever	3 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Haleon	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do insiders and 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 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UL or HLN?

Unilever received 479 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.62% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 494 51.62%	Underperform Votes 463 48.38%
Haleon	Outperform Votes 15 42.86%	Underperform Votes 20 57.14%

Is UL or HLN a better dividend stock?

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Haleon pays out 32.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to UL or HLN?

In the previous week, Unilever had 22 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Unilever and 6 mentions for Haleon. Haleon's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Unilever's score of 0.91 indicating that Haleon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Haleon	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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