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UL vs. HLN, KVUE, SN, ELF, COTY, ODD, IMAX, MBC, LVWR, and FOXF

Should you be buying Unilever stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unilever include Haleon (HLN), Kenvue (KVUE), SharkNinja (SN), e.l.f. Beauty (ELF), Coty (COTY), ODDITY Tech (ODD), IMAX (IMAX), MasterBrand (MBC), LiveWire Group (LVWR), and Fox Factory (FOXF). These companies are all part of the "consumer goods" industry.

Unilever vs. Its Competitors

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

Unilever currently has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.55%. Haleon has a consensus target price of $12.33, suggesting a potential upside of 33.32%. Given Haleon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Haleon is more favorable than Unilever.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unilever
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Haleon
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Unilever had 19 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Unilever and 3 mentions for Haleon. Haleon's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Unilever's score of 0.97 indicating that Haleon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unilever
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Haleon
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $2.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Haleon pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Haleon.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unilever$65.76B2.34$6.22BN/AN/A
Haleon$14.35B2.87$1.84B$0.3923.71

Unilever has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Haleon has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UnileverN/A N/A N/A
Haleon N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Unilever beats Haleon on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UL vs. The Competition

MetricUnileverCONS PD IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$153.77B$32.42B$16.27B$22.10B
Dividend Yield3.30%2.71%3.16%3.55%
P/E RatioN/A36.7517.7633.37
Price / Sales2.341.9447.2983.20
Price / Cash15.5415.5614.6024.64
Price / Book6.367.947.174.66
Net Income$6.22B$1.23B$680.91M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.87%0.10%0.60%2.22%
1 Month Performance5.62%-2.52%0.71%1.79%
1 Year Performance1.53%18.57%0.38%14.02%

Unilever Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UL
Unilever
3.068 of 5 stars
$62.64
+0.5%
$73.00
+16.5%
+1.5%$153.77B$65.76B0.00115,964Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
HLN
Haleon
4.3092 of 5 stars
$9.42
-0.7%
$12.33
+30.9%
-6.0%$41.93B$14.35B24.1424,561Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
KVUE
Kenvue
4.5792 of 5 stars
$14.96
-2.2%
$21.18
+41.6%
-33.8%$28.71B$15.46B20.2222,000Analyst Forecast
SN
SharkNinja
3.7177 of 5 stars
$92.91
-1.1%
$130.00
+39.9%
-11.6%$13.11B$5.53B25.383,688News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ELF
e.l.f. Beauty
4.5992 of 5 stars
$127.62
-6.8%
$142.73
+11.8%
+11.3%$7.57B$1.31B75.07300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
COTY
Coty
4.4113 of 5 stars
$4.14
-4.7%
$6.06
+46.6%
-45.4%$3.61B$5.89B-9.4011,636Analyst Forecast
ODD
ODDITY Tech
2.9003 of 5 stars
$51.59
+1.5%
$73.90
+43.2%
+20.4%$2.88B$647.04M28.66342Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IMAX
IMAX
3.4465 of 5 stars
$32.47
+0.7%
$35.10
+8.1%
+54.7%$1.75B$352.21M54.11780Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MBC
MasterBrand
1.4509 of 5 stars
$12.90
+1.2%
$15.00
+16.3%
-28.7%$1.63B$2.70B17.9113,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
LVWR
LiveWire Group
0.0515 of 5 stars
$5.76
+11.3%
N/A+1.9%$1.17B$26.63M-14.39220News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
FOXF
Fox Factory
3.4754 of 5 stars
$22.98
+1.7%
$33.00
+43.6%
-33.1%$960.56M$1.39B-3.804,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
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