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HLN vs. UL, KVUE, SN, ELF, COTY, ODD, MBC, IMAX, FOXF, and EPC

Should you be buying Haleon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Haleon include Unilever (UL), Kenvue (KVUE), SharkNinja (SN), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Coty (COTY), ODDITY Tech (ODD), MasterBrand (MBC), IMAX (IMAX), Fox Factory (FOXF), and Edgewell Personal Care (EPC). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.

Haleon vs. Its Competitors

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

Haleon has a net margin of 12.86% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Haleon's return on equity of 17.65% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Haleon12.86% 17.65% 8.58%
Unilever N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Unilever had 17 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Unilever and 7 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Haleon's score of 1.12 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Haleon$14.35B2.98$1.84B$0.3924.44
Unilever$65.76B2.28$6.22B$3.4917.49

6.7% of Haleon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Haleon has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Haleon presently has a consensus price target of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 29.33%. Unilever has a consensus price target of $72.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.76%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Haleon
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Unilever
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Haleon pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever 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. Unilever is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HLN vs. The Competition

MetricHaleonMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$42.50B$10.57B$5.44B$20.70B
Dividend Yield2.63%2.01%4.61%3.67%
P/E Ratio24.4419.8629.7628.45
Price / Sales2.9821.90449.1256.07
Price / Cash18.9821.7436.4223.21
Price / Book2.002.858.184.33
Net Income$1.84B$211.77M$3.26B$996.14M
7 Day Performance-1.45%3.65%6.88%1.98%
1 Month Performance-5.27%2.67%1.00%-0.84%
1 Year Performance-2.85%-9.41%28.85%14.36%

Haleon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLN
Haleon
3.8883 of 5 stars
$9.53
+0.7%
$12.33
+29.3%
-0.9%$42.50B$14.35B24.4424,561News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Increase
UL
Unilever
2.9181 of 5 stars
$60.16
-0.5%
$72.50
+20.5%
-0.6%$148.37B$65.76B17.24115,964Positive News
Dividend Increase
KVUE
Kenvue
3.5996 of 5 stars
$22.26
+3.1%
$24.79
+11.4%
+0.6%$41.42B$15.46B40.4622,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
SN
SharkNinja
2.7839 of 5 stars
$116.40
+3.6%
$129.13
+10.9%
+36.2%$15.84B$5.53B36.833,688Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
ELF
e.l.f. Beauty
4.5609 of 5 stars
$116.34
-0.1%
$123.94
+6.5%
-45.8%$6.61B$1.31B60.28300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
COTY
Coty
4.0709 of 5 stars
$4.76
+0.5%
$7.80
+64.0%
-49.1%$4.12B$6.12B-9.9111,791
ODD
ODDITY Tech
2.5655 of 5 stars
$74.04
+3.3%
$71.75
-3.1%
+50.8%$4.00B$647.04M42.55342Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MBC
MasterBrand
2.3394 of 5 stars
$11.24
+1.7%
$15.00
+33.4%
-22.8%$1.40B$2.70B14.4113,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
IMAX
IMAX
3.9132 of 5 stars
$25.36
+0.6%
$32.80
+29.4%
+22.5%$1.36B$352.21M42.26780Analyst Upgrade
FOXF
Fox Factory
2.0925 of 5 stars
$29.85
+1.8%
$35.00
+17.3%
-30.4%$1.22B$1.39B-4.984,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
EPC
Edgewell Personal Care
3.4944 of 5 stars
$25.03
-0.5%
$33.14
+32.4%
-41.4%$1.18B$2.25B14.646,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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