Haleon (HLN) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UL or HLN?

9.7% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.7% of Haleon shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer UL or HLN?

Unilever presently has a consensus target price of $69.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Haleon has a consensus target price of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.18%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Unilever is more favorable than Haleon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unilever	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Haleon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UL or HLN?

Unilever received 480 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.56% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 42.50% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 497 51.56%	Underperform Votes 467 48.44%
Haleon	Outperform Votes 17 42.50%	Underperform Votes 23 57.50%

Is UL or HLN more profitable?

Haleon has a net margin of 10.85% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Haleon's return on equity of 14.76% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A
Haleon	10.85%	14.76%	7.32%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, UL 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	$60.76B	2.57	$6.22B	$3.49	18.14
Haleon	$11.23B	4.42	$1.30B	$0.39	28.23

Which has more risk & volatility, UL or HLN?

Unilever has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UL or HLN a better dividend stock?

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Unilever pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haleon pays out 59.0% 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.

Does the media favor UL or HLN?

In the previous week, Haleon had 2 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Haleon and 8 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Haleon's score of 1.26 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Haleon	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.