PG vs. UL, KO, PEP, PM, BUD, CHD, MDLZ, DEO, BTI, and MO
Should you be buying Procter & Gamble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Procter & Gamble include Unilever (UL), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Philip Morris International (PM), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Church & Dwight (CHD), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Diageo (DEO), British American Tobacco (BTI), and Altria Group (MO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Unilever (NYSE:UL) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Unilever currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.45%. Procter & Gamble has a consensus target price of $168.53, indicating a potential upside of 7.23%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.
Unilever has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 30 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 11 mentions for Unilever. Procter & Gamble's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Unilever's score of 0.66 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 17.60% compared to Procter & Gamble's net margin of 0.00%. Unilever's return on equity of 34.04% beat Procter & Gamble's return on equity.
Procter & Gamble received 418 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 51.44% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Procter & Gamble pays out 63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Procter & Gamble has increased its dividend for 68 consecutive years.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Unilever on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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