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Canada pledges Great Lakes funding after Trudeau-Biden talks
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Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
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Biden's moves on Alaska drilling, TikTok test young voters
The gold catalyst we’ve waited for (Ad)
Ruling halts oil exports from Iraq's Kurdish area via Turkey
Finnish leadership condemns attack on veteran lawmaker
Bank Accounts: Frozen! (Ad)
Venezuela: 21 officials, businessmen arrested in oil scheme
Canada pledges Great Lakes funding after Trudeau-Biden talks
Bank Accounts: Frozen! (Ad)
Challenger wins close race to lead United Auto Workers union
Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
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Biden's moves on Alaska drilling, TikTok test young voters
The gold catalyst we’ve waited for (Ad)
Ruling halts oil exports from Iraq's Kurdish area via Turkey
Finnish leadership condemns attack on veteran lawmaker
Bank Accounts: Frozen! (Ad)
Venezuela: 21 officials, businessmen arrested in oil scheme
Canada pledges Great Lakes funding after Trudeau-Biden talks
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Challenger wins close race to lead United Auto Workers union
Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law
NYSE:UL

Unilever - UL Competitors

$51.39
+0.41 (+0.80%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$51.11
$51.51
50-Day Range
$48.68
$51.89
52-Week Range
$42.44
$52.34
Volume
1.82 million shs
Average Volume
2.06 million shs
Market Capitalization
$130.12 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
3.52%
Price Target
$46.00

UL vs. PG, KOF, PM, BUD, DEO, MDLZ, BTI, EL, MO, and CL

Should you be buying Unilever stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unilever include Procter & Gamble (PG), Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), Philip Morris International (PM), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Diageo (DEO), Mondelez International (MDLZ), British American Tobacco (BTI), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Altria Group (MO), and Colgate-Palmolive (CL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.

Unilever vs.

Unilever (NYSE:UL) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 17.79% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Procter & Gamble's return on equity of 32.03% beat Unilever's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Unilever N/A N/A N/A
Procter & Gamble 17.79% 32.03% 12.12%

In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 15 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 9 mentions for Unilever. Procter & Gamble's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Unilever's score of 0.50 indicating that Procter & Gamble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Unilever
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Procter & Gamble
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever. Unilever is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Procter & Gamble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Unilever$63.30 billion2.06$8.05 billion$2.9717.30
Procter & Gamble$80.19 billion4.32$14.74 billion$5.7025.74

Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $3.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Unilever pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Procter & Gamble pays out 64.0% 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. Unilever is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Procter & Gamble received 413 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.22% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 50.99% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UnileverOutperform Votes
463
50.99%
Underperform Votes
445
49.01%
Procter & GambleOutperform Votes
876
62.22%
Underperform Votes
532
37.78%

Unilever currently has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.49%. Procter & Gamble has a consensus target price of $155.27, indicating a potential upside of 5.83%. Given Procter & Gamble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Unilever
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Procter & Gamble
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Unilever has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

10.1% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Procter & Gamble 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.

Summary

Procter & Gamble beats Unilever on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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UL vs. The Competition

MetricUnileverSoap, detergents, & cleaning preparations; perfumes, & cosmetics IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$130.12B$93.31B$15.60B$14.05B
Dividend Yield3.55%1.82%2.92%3.91%
P/E Ratio17.3025.2921.1920.50
Price / Sales2.062.939.5810.21
Price / Cash14.3817.2917.8224.26
Price / Book5.695.238.866.80
Net Income$8.05B$4.15B$700.24M$871.37M
7 Day Performance4.56%3.14%-0.19%0.73%
1 Month Performance2.21%1.78%-4.86%-7.18%
1 Year Performance14.45%-3.89%-11.72%-15.32%

Unilever Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PG
Procter & Gamble
2.5517 of 5 stars
$143.99
-0.1%
$155.27
+7.8%
-4.0%$339.69B$80.19B25.26106,000News Coverage
KOF
Coca-Cola FEMSA
2.2411 of 5 stars
$77.26
+0.2%
$90.20
+16.7%
+46.0%$129.63B$226.74B17.0683,754
PM
Philip Morris International
2.4978 of 5 stars
$92.37
-2.2%
$109.73
+18.8%
-2.9%$143.19B$80.67B15.9079,800
BUD
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
1.9814 of 5 stars
$61.65
+0.6%
$64.70
+4.9%
+4.5%$107.09B$57.79B20.83169,339Analyst Upgrade
DEO
Diageo
1.4057 of 5 stars
$177.85
+0.6%
N/A-11.6%$100.64B$19.43B0.0028,137
MDLZ
Mondelez International
2.481 of 5 stars
$67.36
-0.7%
$72.94
+8.3%
+12.2%$91.83B$31.50B34.3791,000
BTI
British American Tobacco
1.9699 of 5 stars
$36.19
-1.3%
N/A-19.6%$88.91B$34.21B0.0050,937News Coverage
Positive News
EL
Estée Lauder Companies
2.8682 of 5 stars
$237.30
-0.5%
$280.46
+18.2%
-12.1%$84.77B$17.74B57.7463,000Analyst Report
MO
Altria Group
1.8032 of 5 stars
$45.15
-2.3%
$47.13
+4.4%
-18.0%$80.62B$20.69B14.156,300Options Volume
News Coverage
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
2.8657 of 5 stars
$72.13
-0.3%
$81.73
+13.3%
-1.8%$59.90B$17.97B33.8633,800Analyst Upgrade
This page (NYSE:UL) was last updated on 3/26/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff