Unilever (ULVR) Competitors

Unilever (LON:ULVR) and Haleon (LON:HLN) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, ULVR or HLN?

Unilever has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ULVR or HLN a better dividend stock?

Unilever pays an annual dividend of GBX 147 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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.

Is ULVR or HLN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unilever	11.01%	34.57%	8.62%
Haleon	9.66%	6.54%	4.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ULVR or HLN?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 1014 58.18%	Underperform Votes 729 41.82%
Haleon	Outperform Votes 12 31.58%	Underperform Votes 26 68.42%

Do analysts rate ULVR or HLN?

Unilever currently has a consensus price target of GBX 4,550, suggesting a potential downside of 3.84%. Haleon has a consensus price target of GBX 457, suggesting a potential upside of 14.71%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unilever	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ULVR or HLN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unilever	£70.72B	1.98	£7.79B	£221.09	21.40
Haleon	£11.07B	3.25	£1.07B	£11.89	33.51

Does the media refer more to ULVR or HLN?

In the previous week, Unilever had 1 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Unilever and 2 mentions for Haleon. Haleon's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Unilever's score of 0.22 indicating that Haleon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Haleon	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ULVR or HLN?

54.4% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.9% of Haleon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Unilever shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Haleon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.