Kenvue (KVUE) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, UL or KVUE?

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Kenvue. Unilever is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kenvue, 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	$60.29B	2.35	$7.02B	$3.32	17.22
Kenvue	$15.46B	2.70	$1.66B	$0.55	39.58

Is UL or KVUE a better dividend stock?

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Kenvue pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Unilever pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kenvue pays out 149.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer UL or KVUE?

Unilever presently has a consensus target price of $61.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.03%. Kenvue has a consensus target price of $22.64, suggesting a potential upside of 3.98%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Unilever is more favorable than Kenvue.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unilever	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Kenvue	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Which has more volatility & risk, UL or KVUE?

Unilever has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenvue has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UL or KVUE?

Unilever received 472 more outperform votes than Kenvue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.57% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 46.51% of users gave Kenvue an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 492 51.57%	Underperform Votes 462 48.43%
Kenvue	Outperform Votes 20 46.51%	Underperform Votes 23 53.49%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of UL or KVUE?

9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Kenvue shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kenvue shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is UL or KVUE more profitable?

Kenvue has a net margin of 6.88% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Kenvue's return on equity of 21.43% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kenvue	6.88%	21.43%	8.42%

Does the media prefer UL or KVUE?

In the previous week, Kenvue had 3 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Kenvue and 1 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Kenvue's score of 0.73 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kenvue	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Unilever beats Kenvue on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.