Unilever (UL) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate UL or HLN?

Unilever presently has a consensus target price of $61.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.00%. Haleon has a consensus target price of $10.95, indicating a potential upside of 8.68%. Given Unilever's higher probable upside, equities research 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)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Haleon	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$65.76B	2.12	$6.22B	N/A	N/A
Haleon	$14.05B	3.25	$1.30B	$0.34	29.63

Which has more risk & volatility, UL or HLN?

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

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%

Does the media favor UL or HLN?

In the previous week, Unilever had 14 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Unilever and 6 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Haleon's score of 1.18 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Haleon	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UL or HLN?

Unilever received 480 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.67% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 495 51.67%	Underperform Votes 463 48.33%
Haleon	Outperform Votes 15 42.86%	Underperform Votes 20 57.14%

Do institutionals & insiders believe 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UL or HLN a better dividend stock?

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.88 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.

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.