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Haleon (HLN) Competitors

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GBX 365.81 +0.81 (+0.22%)
As of 07/25/2025 12:12 PM Eastern

HLN vs. SGE, SN, WHR, ANP, CLX, TPX, PNPL, LEG, ULVR, and BXP

Should you be buying Haleon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Haleon include The Sage Group (SGE), Smith & Nephew (SN), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Anpario (ANP), Calnex Solutions (CLX), TPXimpact (TPX), Pineapple Power (PNPL), Legendary Investments (LEG), Unilever (ULVR), and Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP).

Haleon vs. Its Competitors

The Sage Group (LON:SGE) and Haleon (LON:HLN) are both large-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

The Sage Group has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% 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.

The Sage Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,906, indicating a potential upside of 211.89%. Haleon has a consensus target price of GBX 457, indicating a potential upside of 24.93%. Given The Sage Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Sage Group is more favorable than Haleon.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Sage Group
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Haleon
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

The Sage Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. The Sage Group pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haleon pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haleon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, The Sage Group had 1 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The Sage Group and 1 mentions for Haleon. The Sage Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Haleon's score of 0.00 indicating that The Sage Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Sage Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Haleon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Haleon has higher revenue and earnings than The Sage Group. Haleon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Sage Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Sage Group£2.14B5.78£254.60M£25.7348.68
Haleon£11.07B2.98£1.07B£11.8930.77

67.0% of The Sage Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of The Sage Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Haleon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

The Sage Group has a net margin of 11.87% compared to Haleon's net margin of 9.66%. The Sage Group's return on equity of 24.48% beat Haleon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Sage Group11.87% 24.48% 7.58%
Haleon 9.66%6.54%4.45%

Summary

The Sage Group beats Haleon on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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HLN vs. The Competition

MetricHaleonDrug Manufacturers IndustryMedical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£33.02B£2.18B£5.70B£3.02B
Dividend Yield0.02%2.92%4.58%5.02%
P/E Ratio30.774.2328.39160.65
Price / Sales2.98587.23431.76278,114.26
Price / Cash21.9510.3536.2227.97
Price / Book2.0111.038.674.70
Net Income£1.07B£21.15B£3.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance1.98%1.78%4.25%0.40%
1 Month Performance-3.12%6.23%10.51%7.09%
1 Year Performance3.69%2.57%35.68%73.21%

Haleon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLN
Haleon
1.0892 of 5 stars
GBX 365.81
+0.2%
GBX 457
+24.9%
+5.0%£33.02B£11.07B30.7725,408News Coverage
SGE
The Sage Group
2.0189 of 5 stars
GBX 1,257
+0.5%
GBX 3,906
+210.7%
+18.1%£12.44B£2.14B48.8611,326Dividend Increase
SN
Smith & Nephew
3.883 of 5 stars
GBX 1,125
+0.5%
GBX 7,840
+596.9%
+5.4%£12.33B£7.08B40.5018,452High Trading Volume
WHR
Warehouse REIT
N/AGBX 116
+0.2%
N/A+34.7%£491.40M£50.81M1.1361,000
ANP
Anpario
2.1082 of 5 stars
GBX 380
-3.7%
GBX 435
+14.5%
+35.6%£64.83M£33.50M20.98109News Coverage
CLX
Calnex Solutions
3.1615 of 5 stars
GBX 50
+1.6%
GBX 115
+130.0%
-2.0%£44.43M£16.52M1,106.209,000
TPX
TPXimpact
N/AGBX 24
+5.9%
N/A-58.4%£21.79M£84.64M-1.0612,000Gap Up
PNPL
Pineapple Power
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.28MN/A-274.002High Trading Volume
LEG
Legendary Investments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.0019,900Gap Down
ULVR
Unilever
0.8678 of 5 stars
GBX 4,409
-0.3%
N/A-4.4%£130.20B£70.72B19.94148,000
BXP
Beximco Pharmaceuticals
N/AGBX 39.50
flat
N/A+1.6%£26.93B£7.08T4.245,500

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This page (LON:HLN) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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