PG vs. UL, KO, PEP, PM, BUD, CHD, MDLZ, DEO, CL, and MO
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), Philip Morris International (PM), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Church & Dwight (CHD), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Diageo (DEO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), and Altria Group (MO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Unilever (NYSE:UL) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Unilever currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.32%. Procter & Gamble has a consensus target price of $169.76, suggesting a potential upside of 5.25%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 18.00% compared to Procter & Gamble's net margin of 0.00%. Unilever's return on equity of 33.91% beat Procter & Gamble's return on equity.
9.7% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Procter & Gamble received 422 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 51.38% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Procter & Gamble has increased its dividend for 68 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 53 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 18 mentions for Unilever. Procter & Gamble's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Unilever's score of 0.62 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unilever has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Unilever on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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