HLN vs. ULVR, SN, SGE, WHR, ANP, CLX, TPX, PNPL, LEG, and BXP
Should you be buying Haleon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Haleon include Unilever (ULVR), Smith & Nephew (SN), The Sage Group (SGE), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Anpario (ANP), Calnex Solutions (CLX), TPXimpact (TPX), Pineapple Power (PNPL), Legendary Investments (LEG), and Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP).
Haleon vs. Its Competitors
Unilever (LON:ULVR) and Haleon (LON:HLN) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Unilever has a net margin of 11.01% compared to Haleon's net margin of 9.66%. Unilever's return on equity of 34.57% beat Haleon's return on equity.
Unilever received 1002 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.18% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 31.58% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.
Unilever has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
54.4% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Haleon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Unilever presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,000, indicating a potential downside of 14.16%. Haleon has a consensus target price of GBX 457, indicating a potential upside of 14.38%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.
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.
Unilever pays an annual dividend of GBX 147 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Unilever pays out 66.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haleon pays out 50.5% 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.
In the previous week, Unilever had 2 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Unilever and 1 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Haleon's score of 0.00 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Unilever beats Haleon on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:HLN) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
