Haleon (HLN) Competitors

Haleon (LON:HLN) and Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts recommend HLN or SN?

Haleon presently has a consensus target price of GBX 356, suggesting a potential upside of 9.27%. Smith & Nephew has a consensus target price of GBX 1,362.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.93%. Given Smith & Nephew's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Smith & Nephew is more favorable than Haleon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haleon	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Smith & Nephew	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLN or SN?

Smith & Nephew received 544 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Smith & Nephew an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Haleon	Outperform Votes 10 27.78%	Underperform Votes 26 72.22%
Smith & Nephew	Outperform Votes 554 61.83%	Underperform Votes 342 38.17%

Is HLN or SN more profitable?

Haleon has a net margin of 9.28% compared to Smith & Nephew's net margin of 4.74%. Haleon's return on equity of 6.70% beat Smith & Nephew's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haleon	9.28%	6.70%	4.28%
Smith & Nephew	4.74%	5.02%	4.27%

Does the media favor HLN or SN?

In the previous week, Haleon and Haleon both had 2 articles in the media. Smith & Nephew's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Haleon's score of 0.33 indicating that Smith & Nephew is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haleon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Smith & Nephew	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HLN or SN?

31.6% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Smith & Nephew shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of Haleon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Smith & Nephew shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HLN or SN a better dividend stock?

Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Smith & Nephew pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Haleon pays out 5,454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Smith & Nephew pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HLN or SN?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haleon	£11.30B	2.63	£1.05B	£0.11	2,961.82
Smith & Nephew	£5.55B	1.52	£263M	£0.24	4,028.33

Summary

Smith & Nephew beats Haleon on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.