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HLN vs. UL, KVUE, SN, ELF, COTY, ODD, IMAX, MBC, 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), IMAX (IMAX), MasterBrand (MBC), Fox Factory (FOXF), and Edgewell Personal Care (EPC). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.

Haleon vs. Its Competitors

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

Unilever has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Unilever pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Haleon pays out 28.2% 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 currently has a consensus price target of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.16%. Haleon has a consensus price target of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.55%. Given Haleon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unilever
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Haleon
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

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
Unilever$59.77B2.51$6.22B$3.4917.55
Haleon$14.35B2.86$1.84B$0.3923.49

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
UnileverN/A N/A N/A
Haleon 12.86%17.65%8.58%

In the previous week, Unilever had 13 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Unilever and 15 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Haleon's score of 0.43 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

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HLN vs. The Competition

MetricHaleonMED PRODUCTS IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$40.99B$10.61B$5.80B$21.54B
Dividend Yield1.24%1.88%5.61%3.51%
P/E Ratio23.4921.7780.5129.95
Price / Sales2.8631.70520.5279.56
Price / Cash18.3725.0926.0118.30
Price / Book2.003.4215.744.64
Net Income$1.84B$210.63M$3.30B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-5.42%0.78%3.93%0.63%
1 Month Performance-6.58%-2.12%5.30%2.56%
1 Year Performance-12.93%-9.87%80.46%14.55%

Haleon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HLN
Haleon
4.2128 of 5 stars
$9.16
-0.9%
$12.33
+34.6%
-12.9%$40.99B$14.35B23.4924,561
UL
Unilever
3.7977 of 5 stars
$62.35
-0.9%
$73.00
+17.1%
-4.9%$154.31B$59.77B17.87115,964
KVUE
Kenvue
4.3726 of 5 stars
$18.21
-4.1%
$24.21
+32.9%
-20.3%$36.44B$15.46B24.6122,000Positive News
SN
SharkNinja
2.9364 of 5 stars
$114.56
+0.6%
$131.86
+15.1%
+8.7%$16.08B$5.53B31.303,688Positive News
ELF
e.l.f. Beauty
3.8541 of 5 stars
$144.62
+7.0%
$131.73
-8.9%
+24.0%$8.02B$1.31B85.07300Trending News
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COTY
Coty
4.7277 of 5 stars
$4.17
+1.8%
$6.06
+45.6%
-55.3%$3.57B$5.89B-9.4711,636Trending News
ODD
ODDITY Tech
2.4445 of 5 stars
$63.67
+1.4%
$74.56
+17.1%
+75.7%$3.51B$647.04M35.37342Positive News
IMAX
IMAX
3.1817 of 5 stars
$32.71
+1.1%
$32.80
+0.3%
+58.8%$1.74B$352.21M54.51780Analyst Forecast
MBC
MasterBrand
1.1561 of 5 stars
$13.73
+2.0%
$15.00
+9.3%
-30.5%$1.71B$2.70B19.0613,000
FOXF
Fox Factory
3.1321 of 5 stars
$27.10
-0.6%
$33.50
+23.6%
-40.1%$1.14B$1.39B-4.484,100Positive News
EPC
Edgewell Personal Care
4.511 of 5 stars
$21.18
-2.5%
$29.29
+38.3%
-44.0%$1.01B$2.25B15.696,700Positive News

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This page (NYSE:HLN) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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