Kenvue (KVUE) Competitors

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

Is UL or KVUE a better dividend stock?

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Kenvue pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Unilever pays out 53.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kenvue pays out 154.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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	$60.76B	2.61	$6.22B	$3.49	18.40
Kenvue	$15.46B	2.85	$1.03B	$0.53	43.30

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate UL or KVUE?

Unilever presently has a consensus price target of $66.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.30%. Kenvue has a consensus price target of $24.42, indicating a potential upside of 6.42%. Given Kenvue's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kenvue 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
Kenvue	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the media prefer UL or KVUE?

In the previous week, Kenvue had 6 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Kenvue and 18 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Kenvue's score of 1.08 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kenvue	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, UL or KVUE?

Unilever has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenvue has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UL or KVUE?

Unilever received 472 more outperform votes than Kenvue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.61% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Kenvue an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 496 51.61%	Underperform Votes 465 48.39%
Kenvue	Outperform Votes 24 42.11%	Underperform Votes 33 57.89%

Is UL or KVUE more profitable?

Kenvue has a net margin of 6.66% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Kenvue's return on equity of 20.97% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kenvue	6.66%	20.97%	8.17%

Summary

Unilever beats Kenvue on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.