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

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

Unilever vs. Its Competitors

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

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Haleon. Unilever is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haleon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Haleon$14.35B3.04$1.84B$0.3924.91
Unilever$65.76B2.33$6.22B$3.4917.92

Haleon has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

6.7% of Haleon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Haleon has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Haleon's return on equity of 17.65% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Haleon12.86% 17.65% 8.58%
Unilever N/A N/A N/A

Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Haleon pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Haleon presently has a consensus target price of $12.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.87%. Unilever has a consensus target price of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.71%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Haleon
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Unilever
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

In the previous week, Unilever had 2 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Unilever and 12 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Haleon's score of 1.18 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UL vs. The Competition

MetricUnileverCONS PD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$153.46B$32.74B$16.10B$21.27B
Dividend Yield3.34%2.56%3.04%3.53%
P/E Ratio17.9239.6118.3829.22
Price / Sales2.331.9847.3352.82
Price / Cash15.3816.4114.8723.61
Price / Book6.787.375.845.36
Net Income$6.22B$1.23B$677.55M$996.59M
7 Day Performance-1.48%1.20%0.65%3.11%
1 Month Performance3.54%3.96%-2.43%3.23%
1 Year Performance-2.41%24.07%3.62%11.54%

Unilever Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UL
Unilever
3.2117 of 5 stars
$62.55
+0.9%
$73.00
+16.7%
-2.5%$153.46B$65.76B17.92115,964Positive News
HLN
Haleon
4.3066 of 5 stars
$9.69
+0.4%
$12.33
+27.2%
-2.4%$43.49B$14.35B24.8524,561Positive News
KVUE
Kenvue
3.8488 of 5 stars
$21.12
-0.4%
$24.38
+15.4%
-5.3%$40.53B$15.46B28.5422,000Positive News
SN
SharkNinja
2.2096 of 5 stars
$119.33
+0.3%
$131.86
+10.5%
+32.8%$16.83B$5.53B32.603,688News Coverage
Positive News
ELF
e.l.f. Beauty
3.9061 of 5 stars
$123.60
+6.2%
$123.81
+0.2%
-26.2%$7.33B$1.31B72.71300Positive News
COTY
Coty
4.7755 of 5 stars
$4.98
+1.2%
$7.80
+56.6%
-61.7%$4.34B$6.00B-10.3811,791Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
Gap Up
ODD
ODDITY Tech
1.7199 of 5 stars
$62.03
+3.2%
$74.88
+20.7%
+58.4%$3.46B$647.04M34.46342Positive News
MBC
MasterBrand
2.4301 of 5 stars
$12.46
-0.5%
$15.00
+20.4%
-19.8%$1.58B$2.70B17.3013,000Positive News
IMAX
IMAX
3.1567 of 5 stars
$25.80
+2.0%
$32.80
+27.1%
+26.5%$1.39B$352.21M43.00780Trending News
FOXF
Fox Factory
2.1769 of 5 stars
$29.02
-2.0%
$34.86
+20.1%
-26.1%$1.21B$1.44B-4.804,100
EPC
Edgewell Personal Care
3.7647 of 5 stars
$23.12
+0.8%
$29.29
+26.7%
-41.8%$1.07B$2.25B17.136,700Positive News

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