Unilever (ULVR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLN or ULVR?

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

Do analysts rate HLN or ULVR?

Haleon presently has a consensus target price of GBX 457, suggesting a potential upside of 13.14%. Unilever has a consensus target price of GBX 4,550, suggesting a potential downside of 1.62%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haleon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Unilever	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HLN or ULVR?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Unilever shares are owned by 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.

Does the media prefer HLN or ULVR?

In the previous week, Haleon had 2 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Haleon and 3 mentions for Unilever. Haleon's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Unilever's score of 0.44 indicating that Haleon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haleon	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Unilever	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HLN or ULVR a better dividend stock?

Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of GBX 147 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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.

Is HLN or ULVR 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
Haleon	9.66%	6.54%	4.45%
Unilever	11.01%	34.57%	8.62%

Which has more volatility and risk, HLN or ULVR?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HLN or ULVR?

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
Haleon	£11.07B	3.29	£1.07B	£11.89	33.97
Unilever	£70.72B	1.93	£7.79B	£221.09	20.92

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.