KVUE vs. UL, HLN, SN, ELF, ODD, COTY, IMAX, MBC, FOXF, and OLPX
Should you be buying Kenvue stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kenvue include Unilever (UL), Haleon (HLN), SharkNinja (SN), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Oddity Tech (ODD), Coty (COTY), IMAX (IMAX), MasterBrand (MBC), Fox Factory (FOXF), and Olaplex (OLPX). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.
Kenvue vs.
Kenvue (NYSE:KVUE) and Unilever (NYSE:UL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
Kenvue currently has a consensus price target of $25.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.80%. Unilever has a consensus price target of $70.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.01%. Given Kenvue's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kenvue is more favorable than Unilever.
In the previous week, Kenvue had 2 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kenvue and 13 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Kenvue's score of 0.74 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Kenvue. Unilever is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kenvue, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kenvue has a net margin of 6.66% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Kenvue's return on equity of 20.97% beat Unilever's return on equity.
97.6% of Kenvue shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Kenvue shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Unilever shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kenvue pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Kenvue pays out 149.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Unilever pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kenvue has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kenvue is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Kenvue has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Unilever received 475 more outperform votes than Kenvue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.66% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Kenvue an outperform vote.
Summary
Kenvue beats Unilever on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KVUE) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
