UL vs. HLN, KVUE, SN, COTY, ELF, ODD, MBC, CODI, IMAX, and FOXF
Should you be buying Unilever stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unilever include Haleon (HLN), Kenvue (KVUE), 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.
Unilever vs.
Haleon (NYSE:HLN) and Unilever (NYSE:UL) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
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.
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.
Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Haleon pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever pays out 53.0% 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. Unilever is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Unilever received 481 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.67% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Unilever had 22 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Unilever and 7 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Haleon's score of 0.57 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Haleon has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Haleon presently has a consensus price target of $10.95, suggesting a potential upside of 8.90%. Unilever has a consensus price target of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.20%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Unilever is more favorable than Haleon.
Summary
Unilever beats Haleon on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UL) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
