Haleon (HLN) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Does the media refer more to UL or HLN?

In the previous week, Unilever had 4 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Unilever and 11 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Haleon's score of 0.92 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Haleon	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and 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	2.55	$6.22B	$3.49	18.05
Haleon	$11.23B	4.35	$1.30B	$0.39	27.83

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 $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Unilever pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haleon pays out 61.5% 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. Unilever is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, UL or HLN?

Unilever has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UL or HLN?

Unilever received 479 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.66% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 499 51.66%	Underperform Votes 467 48.34%
Haleon	Outperform Votes 20 45.45%	Underperform Votes 24 54.55%

Do analysts recommend UL or HLN?

Unilever currently has a consensus target price of $70.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.17%. Haleon has a consensus target price of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.54%. Given Haleon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unilever	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Haleon	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.