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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unilever Competitors List
