Kenvue (KVUE) Competitors

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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Does the media favor KVUE or UL?

In the previous week, Kenvue had 17 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Kenvue and 8 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Kenvue's score of 1.48 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kenvue	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Unilever	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, KVUE or UL?

Kenvue has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KVUE or UL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kenvue	6.66%	20.97%	8.17%
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KVUE or UL?

Unilever received 473 more outperform votes than Kenvue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.56% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Kenvue an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kenvue	Outperform Votes 24 40.00%	Underperform Votes 36 60.00%
Unilever	Outperform Votes 497 51.56%	Underperform Votes 467 48.44%

Do analysts rate KVUE or UL?

Kenvue presently has a consensus price target of $25.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.90%. Unilever has a consensus price target of $69.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Unilever is more favorable than Kenvue.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kenvue	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Unilever	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of KVUE or UL?

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, KVUE or UL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kenvue	$15.30B	3.03	$1.03B	$0.55	43.91
Unilever	$60.76B	2.57	$6.22B	$3.49	18.14

Is KVUE or UL a better dividend stock?

Kenvue pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.

Summary

Kenvue beats Unilever on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.