UL vs. PG, ECL, CHD, SCL, KO, PEP, PM, BUD, MDLZ, and MO
Should you be buying Unilever stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Unilever include Procter & Gamble (PG), Ecolab (ECL), Church & Dwight (CHD), Stepan (SCL), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Philip Morris International (PM), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Mondelez International (MDLZ), and Altria Group (MO).
Unilever (NYSE:UL) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Procter & Gamble received 426 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.45% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 51.64% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
Unilever currently has a consensus price target of $58.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.96%. Procter & Gamble has a consensus price target of $174.29, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Given Procter & Gamble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.
Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 18.00% compared to Unilever's net margin of 0.00%. Procter & Gamble's return on equity of 33.91% beat Unilever's return on equity.
Unilever has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 15 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 23 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Procter & Gamble's score of 0.48 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.
9.7% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Unilever on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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