Unilever (UL) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer HLN or UL?

Haleon presently has a consensus target price of $10.95, suggesting a potential upside of 7.99%. Unilever has a consensus target price of $66.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.36%. Given Haleon's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HLN or UL?

Unilever received 482 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.66% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote while only 39.47% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Haleon	Outperform Votes 15 39.47%	Underperform Votes 23 60.53%
Unilever	Outperform Votes 497 51.66%	Underperform Votes 465 48.34%

Does the media prefer HLN or UL?

In the previous week, Unilever had 13 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Unilever and 9 mentions for Haleon. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Haleon's score of 0.91 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haleon	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Unilever	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, HLN or UL?

Haleon has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HLN or UL more profitable?

Haleon has a net margin of 10.85% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Haleon's return on equity of 14.76% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haleon	10.85%	14.76%	7.32%
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

6.7% of Haleon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HLN or UL a better dividend stock?

Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Haleon pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Unilever pays out 59.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has better valuation and earnings, HLN or UL?

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Haleon. Unilever is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Haleon, 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
Haleon	$11.23B	4.07	$1.30B	$0.39	26.00
Unilever	$60.76B	2.58	$6.22B	$3.49	18.21

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.