PG vs. UL, KO, PEP, KOF, PM, MDLZ, DEO, BUD, CHD, and BTI
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), Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), Philip Morris International (PM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Diageo (DEO), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Church & Dwight (CHD), and British American Tobacco (BTI). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Procter & Gamble vs.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and Unilever (NYSE:UL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 17.69% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Procter & Gamble's return on equity of 32.18% beat Unilever's return on equity.
Procter & Gamble currently has a consensus price target of $161.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.19%. Unilever has a consensus price target of $46.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.72%. Given Procter & Gamble's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 7 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 5 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Procter & Gamble's score of 0.50 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Procter & Gamble received 410 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.84% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 51.37% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
62.1% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Unilever on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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