Kenvue (KVUE) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UL or KVUE?

9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Kenvue shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kenvue shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate UL or KVUE?

Unilever currently has a consensus price target of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.36%. Kenvue has a consensus price target of $24.42, suggesting a potential upside of 3.44%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Unilever is more favorable than Kenvue.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unilever	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Kenvue	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UL or KVUE?

Unilever received 473 more outperform votes than Kenvue when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.66% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Kenvue an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Unilever	Outperform Votes 497 51.66%	Underperform Votes 465 48.34%
Kenvue	Outperform Votes 24 42.11%	Underperform Votes 33 57.89%

Which has more risk and volatility, UL or KVUE?

Unilever has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenvue has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UL or KVUE 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
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kenvue	6.66%	20.97%	8.17%

Is UL or KVUE a better dividend stock?

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kenvue pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Unilever pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kenvue pays out 154.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer UL or KVUE?

In the previous week, Unilever had 1 more articles in the media than Kenvue. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Unilever and 21 mentions for Kenvue. Kenvue's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Unilever's score of 1.04 indicating that Kenvue is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Unilever	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kenvue	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, UL or KVUE?

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
Unilever	$60.76B	2.58	$6.22B	$3.49	18.21
Kenvue	$15.46B	2.93	$1.03B	$0.53	44.55

Summary

Unilever beats Kenvue on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.