UL vs. PG, BUD, PM, MDLZ, DEO, CL, MO, BTI, MNST, and EL
Should you be buying Unilever stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unilever include Procter & Gamble (PG), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Philip Morris International (PM), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Diageo (DEO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Altria Group (MO), British American Tobacco (BTI), Monster Beverage (MNST), and Estée Lauder Companies (EL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and Unilever (NYSE:UL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble currently has a consensus target price of $168.53, indicating a potential upside of 7.23%. Unilever has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.45%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Procter & Gamble pays out 63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Procter & Gamble has increased its dividend for 68 consecutive years and Unilever has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
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 received 418 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 51.44% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 30 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 11 mentions for Unilever. Procter & Gamble's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Unilever's score of 0.66 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Unilever shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Unilever on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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