Unilever (UL) Competitors

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

Is HLN or UL a better dividend stock?

Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Haleon pays out 29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever pays out 56.6% 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, HLN or UL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haleon	$11.24B	3.90	$1.30B	$0.34	28.50
Unilever	$60.29B	2.35	$7.02B	$3.32	17.22

Do analysts rate HLN or UL?

Haleon currently has a consensus target price of $10.95, indicating a potential upside of 13.00%. Unilever has a consensus target price of $61.75, indicating a potential upside of 8.03%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haleon	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Unilever	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HLN or UL?

6.7% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HLN or UL 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
Haleon	10.85%	14.76%	7.32%
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, HLN or UL?

Haleon has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HLN or UL?

In the previous week, Haleon had 2 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Haleon and 2 mentions for Unilever. Haleon's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Unilever's score of 0.12 indicating that Haleon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haleon	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Unilever	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HLN or UL?

Unilever received 477 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.57% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Haleon	Outperform Votes 15 45.45%	Underperform Votes 18 54.55%
Unilever	Outperform Votes 492 51.57%	Underperform Votes 462 48.43%

Summary

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