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Kenvue (KVUE) Competitors

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$23.78 +0.09 (+0.38%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

KVUE vs. UL, HLN, SN, ELF, COTY, ODD, MBC, CODI, FOXF, and IMAX

Should you be buying Kenvue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kenvue include Unilever (UL), Haleon (HLN), SharkNinja (SN), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Coty (COTY), Oddity Tech (ODD), MasterBrand (MBC), Compass Diversified (CODI), Fox Factory (FOXF), and IMAX (IMAX). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.

Kenvue vs.

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

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
Kenvue6.88% 21.43% 8.42%
Unilever N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Unilever had 9 more articles in the media than Kenvue. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Unilever and 14 mentions for Kenvue. Kenvue's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Unilever's score of 0.73 indicating that Kenvue is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Kenvue has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kenvue presently has a consensus price target of $22.64, indicating a potential downside of 4.81%. Unilever has a consensus price target of $61.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.27%. Given Unilever's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Unilever is more favorable than Kenvue.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kenvue
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Unilever
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Kenvue.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kenvue$15.44B2.95$1.66B$0.5543.24
Unilever$64.51B2.21$7.02BN/AN/A

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

Kenvue pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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.

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 50.00% of users gave Kenvue an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KenvueOutperform Votes
20
50.00%
Underperform Votes
20
50.00%
UnileverOutperform Votes
492
51.57%
Underperform Votes
462
48.43%

Summary

Kenvue and Unilever tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KVUE vs. The Competition

MetricKenvueToilet preparations IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$45.59B$11.77B$14.53B$19.87B
Dividend Yield3.44%3.18%2.68%3.54%
P/E Ratio43.2431.0023.9642.87
Price / Sales2.9519.673.7118.11
Price / Cash15.1519.0519.1417.86
Price / Book4.0611.335.895.52
Net Income$1.66B$353.66M$581.83M$986.45M
7 Day Performance2.81%1.10%-0.53%-0.22%
1 Month Performance9.48%-0.83%-3.91%0.12%
1 Year Performance20.41%11.24%9.45%23.71%

Kenvue Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KVUE
Kenvue
3.095 of 5 stars
$23.78
+0.4%
$22.64
-4.8%
+20.4%$45.42B$15.44B43.2422,000Positive News
UL
Unilever
1.1278 of 5 stars
$57.57
-0.5%
$61.75
+7.3%
+22.5%$143.53B$64.51B0.00128,000Analyst Forecast
HLN
Haleon
4.0139 of 5 stars
$9.50
+0.1%
$10.95
+15.3%
+15.0%$42.91B$14.05B27.9325,408Positive News
SN
SharkNinja
3.3468 of 5 stars
$95.25
-3.7%
$110.85
+16.4%
+107.5%$13.84B$4.25B37.353,019Positive News
ELF
e.l.f. Beauty
4.8568 of 5 stars
$119.05
-2.2%
$173.53
+45.8%
+7.2%$6.86B$1.02B64.35300Options Volume
High Trading Volume
COTY
Coty
4.8748 of 5 stars
$7.14
+0.6%
$11.56
+62.1%
-34.7%$6.17B$6.15B41.9711,791
ODD
Oddity Tech
1.8535 of 5 stars
$40.31
-0.5%
$53.33
+32.3%
+11.9%$2.30B$508.68M24.58342
MBC
MasterBrand
3.1999 of 5 stars
$16.42
-1.1%
$23.00
+40.1%
+25.3%$2.11B$2.73B14.4012,000Positive News
CODI
Compass Diversified
4.0676 of 5 stars
$22.97
flat
$26.50
+15.4%
+12.7%$1.74B$2.06B47.844,711Positive News
FOXF
Fox Factory
2.7219 of 5 stars
$31.85
0.0%
$41.50
+30.3%
-48.4%$1.33B$1.46B122.504,300Positive News
IMAX
IMAX
3.3729 of 5 stars
$24.76
-0.6%
$24.22
-2.2%
+49.2%$1.31B$374.84M56.27669Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:KVUE) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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