Unilever (ULVR) Competitors

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

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 1.7%. Unilever pays out 6,743.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haleon pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate ULVR or HLN?

Unilever presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,665, indicating a potential downside of 1.60%. Haleon has a consensus target price of GBX 356, indicating a potential upside of 0.91%. Given Haleon's 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Haleon	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ULVR or HLN?

Unilever received 1004 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.18% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 1014 58.18%	Underperform Votes 729 41.82%
Haleon	Outperform Votes 10 27.78%	Underperform Votes 26 72.22%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ULVR or HLN?

50.9% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Unilever shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of Haleon shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ULVR or HLN?

In the previous week, Unilever had 13 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Unilever and 2 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Haleon's score of -0.23 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	3 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Haleon	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ULVR or HLN more profitable?

Unilever has a net margin of 10.88% compared to Haleon's net margin of 9.64%. Unilever's return on equity of 33.63% beat Haleon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unilever	10.88%	33.63%	8.22%
Haleon	9.64%	6.70%	4.28%

Which has better 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	£59.60B	1.99	£6.49B	£2.18	2,174.77
Haleon	£11.24B	2.87	£1.08B	£0.12	2,940.00

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.