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$58.60 +0.97 (+1.68%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

UL vs. KVUE, HLN, SN, ELF, COTY, ODD, MBC, CODI, FOXF, and OLPX

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

Unilever vs.

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

9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Kenvue shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kenvue shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kenvue pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Kenvue pays out 149.1% 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 received 472 more outperform votes than Kenvue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.57% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Kenvue an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UnileverOutperform Votes
492
51.57%
Underperform Votes
462
48.43%
KenvueOutperform Votes
20
50.00%
Underperform Votes
20
50.00%

Unilever has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenvue has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kenvue has a net margin of 6.88% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Kenvue's return on equity of 21.43% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UnileverN/A N/A N/A
Kenvue 6.88%21.43%8.42%

In the previous week, Unilever had 1 more articles in the media than Kenvue. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Unilever and 15 mentions for Kenvue. Kenvue's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Unilever's score of 0.88 indicating that Kenvue is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unilever
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kenvue
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Kenvue.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unilever$64.51B2.25$7.02BN/AN/A
Kenvue$15.46B2.99$1.66B$0.5543.78

Unilever currently has a consensus price target of $61.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.37%. Kenvue has a consensus price target of $22.64, suggesting a potential downside of 6.00%. Given Unilever's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Unilever is more favorable than Kenvue.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unilever
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Kenvue
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

Unilever and Kenvue tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UL vs. The Competition

MetricUnileverSoap, detergents, & cleaning preparations; perfumes, & cosmetics IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$142.96B$112.43B$14.73B$20.17B
Dividend Yield3.27%1.71%2.65%3.50%
P/E RatioN/A28.4423.4043.99
Price / Sales2.253.384.0517.76
Price / Cash16.3021.1520.7621.29
Price / Book6.525.756.224.71
Net Income$7.02B$4.07B$582.93M$986.85M
7 Day Performance2.10%2.14%3.30%3.76%
1 Month Performance-3.37%-0.16%-0.67%4.65%
1 Year Performance22.66%13.91%12.39%27.72%

Unilever Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UL
Unilever
2.1858 of 5 stars
$58.61
+1.7%
$61.75
+5.4%
+22.7%$142.96B$64.51B0.00128,000Analyst Forecast
KVUE
Kenvue
3.1002 of 5 stars
$24.10
+1.3%
$22.64
-6.1%
+20.2%$46.21B$15.46B43.2422,000Positive News
HLN
Haleon
3.9276 of 5 stars
$9.56
+0.7%
$10.95
+14.6%
+15.8%$43.25B$14.05B28.1025,408Positive News
SN
SharkNinja
3.5103 of 5 stars
$100.39
+5.4%
$110.85
+10.4%
+107.6%$13.32B$5.12B39.373,019
ELF
e.l.f. Beauty
4.8459 of 5 stars
$122.25
+2.7%
$173.53
+41.9%
+11.1%$6.89B$1.02B65.85300Options Volume
News Coverage
COTY
Coty
4.8906 of 5 stars
$7.19
+0.7%
$11.56
+60.8%
-33.7%$6.25B$6.12B41.9711,791Analyst Revision
ODD
Oddity Tech
1.2739 of 5 stars
$43.12
+7.0%
$53.33
+23.7%
+33.9%$2.45B$508.68M26.29342
MBC
MasterBrand
3.2844 of 5 stars
$16.71
+1.8%
$23.00
+37.6%
+27.8%$2.12B$2.73B14.6612,000Positive News
CODI
Compass Diversified
3.8534 of 5 stars
$23.02
+0.3%
$26.50
+15.1%
+16.5%$1.74B$2.06B47.964,711Positive News
FOXF
Fox Factory
2.7311 of 5 stars
$32.22
+1.2%
$41.50
+28.8%
-47.4%$1.34B$1.46B123.934,300Positive News
OLPX
Olaplex
3.0773 of 5 stars
$2.00
+9.9%
$2.30
+15.0%
+7.8%$1.33B$458.30M33.35170Positive News

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