ULVR vs. HLN, SN, SGE, WHR, ANP, CLX, TPX, PNPL, LEG, and RKT
Should you be buying Unilever stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unilever include Haleon (HLN), Smith & Nephew (SN), The Sage Group (SGE), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Anpario (ANP), Calnex Solutions (CLX), TPXimpact (TPX), Pineapple Power (PNPL), Legendary Investments (LEG), and Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT).
Unilever vs. Its Competitors
Haleon (LON:HLN) and Unilever (LON:ULVR) are both large-cap consumer goods companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
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.
43.9% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.4% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Haleon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Haleon currently has a consensus price target of GBX 435, indicating a potential upside of 21.81%. Unilever has a consensus price target of GBX 4,617.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.79%. Given Haleon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.
Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of GBX 147 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Haleon pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever pays out 66.5% 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, Haleon had 3 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Haleon and 1 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Haleon's score of -0.17 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Unilever beats Haleon on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:ULVR) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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