Haleon (HLN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, UL or HLN?

Unilever has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UL or HLN?

Unilever received 477 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.68% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 492 51.68%	Underperform Votes 460 48.32%
Haleon	Outperform Votes 15 45.45%	Underperform Votes 18 54.55%

Does the media refer more to UL or HLN?

In the previous week, Haleon had 9 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Haleon and 7 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Haleon's score of 0.59 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Haleon	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate UL or HLN?

Unilever currently has a consensus target price of $61.75, indicating a potential downside of 1.73%. Haleon has a consensus target price of $10.95, indicating a potential upside of 5.59%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and 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	3 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Haleon	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UL or HLN a better dividend stock?

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Haleon pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is UL or HLN more profitable?

Haleon has a net margin of 9.71% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Haleon's return on equity of 13.15% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A
Haleon	9.71%	13.15%	6.52%

Which has better valuation & earnings, UL or HLN?

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Haleon.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unilever	$60.29B	2.61	$7.02B	N/A	N/A
Haleon	$11.26B	4.21	$1.30B	$0.30	34.57

Summary

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