HLN vs. ULVR, SN, SGE, WHR, ANP, CLX, TPX, PNPL, LEG, and HIK
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 Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK).
Haleon vs. Its Competitors
Haleon (LON:HLN) and Unilever (LON:ULVR) are both large-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Unilever had 4 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Unilever and 1 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Haleon's score of 0.00 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Haleon currently has a consensus target price of GBX 435, suggesting a potential upside of 18.97%. Unilever has a consensus target price of GBX 4,518, suggesting a potential downside of 5.26%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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 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.
Haleon has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
25.5% of Haleon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.8% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Haleon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Unilever shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Haleon pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever pays out 80.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Unilever beats Haleon on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HLN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:HLN) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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