KVUE vs. UL, HLN, SN, COTY, ELF, ODD, MBC, CODI, IMAX, and FOXF
Should you be buying Kenvue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kenvue include Unilever (UL), Haleon (HLN), SharkNinja (SN), Coty (COTY), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Oddity Tech (ODD), MasterBrand (MBC), Compass Diversified (CODI), IMAX (IMAX), and Fox Factory (FOXF). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
Unilever received 472 more outperform votes than Kenvue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.62% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 45.10% of users gave Kenvue an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Unilever had 17 more articles in the media than Kenvue. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Unilever and 17 mentions for Kenvue. Kenvue's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Unilever's score of 0.71 indicating that Kenvue is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kenvue pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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. Unilever pays out 53.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Kenvue has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kenvue currently has a consensus price target of $23.33, suggesting a potential downside of 1.92%. Unilever has a consensus price target of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.88%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Unilever is more favorable than Kenvue.
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.
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.
Summary
Unilever beats Kenvue on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KVUE) was last updated on 3/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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