PG vs. UL, KO, PEP, PM, BUD, MDLZ, CHD, DEO, MO, 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), Philip Morris International (PM), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Church & Dwight (CHD), Diageo (DEO), Altria Group (MO), and British American Tobacco (BTI). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Procter & Gamble received 418 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.20% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
9.9% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.4% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever.
Unilever currently has a consensus target price of $48.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.07%. Procter & Gamble has a consensus target price of $168.41, suggesting a potential upside of 4.47%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.
Unilever has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 3 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 20 mentions for Unilever. Procter & Gamble's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Unilever's score of 0.78 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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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