PG vs. UL, KO, PEP, KOF, PM, BUD, CHD, MDLZ, DEO, and CL
Should you be buying Procter & Gamble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Procter & Gamble include Unilever (UL), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), Philip Morris International (PM), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Church & Dwight (CHD), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Diageo (DEO), and Colgate-Palmolive (CL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and Unilever (NYSE:UL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
Procter & Gamble received 420 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 51.49% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 18.00% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Procter & Gamble's return on equity of 33.91% beat Unilever's return on equity.
Procter & Gamble currently has a consensus target price of $169.76, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. Unilever has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.37%. Given Procter & Gamble's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever.
65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by 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.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 23 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 10 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Procter & Gamble's score of 0.65 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Unilever on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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