HLN vs. SN, GSK, HIK, HCM, INDV, BMK, APH, BXP, AGY, and ANCR
Should you be buying Haleon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Haleon include Smith & Nephew (SN), GSK (GSK), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK), HUTCHMED (HCM), Indivior (INDV), Benchmark (BMK), Alliance Pharma (APH), Beximco Pharmaceuticals (BXP), Allergy Therapeutics (AGY), and Animalcare Group (ANCR). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) and Haleon (LON:HLN) are both medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
In the previous week, Smith & Nephew had 6 more articles in the media than Haleon. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Smith & Nephew and 2 mentions for Haleon. Smith & Nephew's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Haleon's score of 0.45 indicating that Haleon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Smith & Nephew currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,346.20, suggesting a potential upside of 34.42%. Haleon has a consensus price target of GBX 356, suggesting a potential upside of 8.94%. Given Haleon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Smith & Nephew is more favorable than Haleon.
55.6% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of Haleon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Smith & Nephew shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.6% of Haleon shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Smith & Nephew received 548 more outperform votes than Haleon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.00% of users gave Smith & Nephew an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Haleon an outperform vote.
Haleon has a net margin of 9.64% compared to Haleon's net margin of 4.74%. Smith & Nephew's return on equity of 6.70% beat Haleon's return on equity.
Haleon has higher revenue and earnings than Smith & Nephew. Haleon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smith & Nephew, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smith & Nephew pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Haleon pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Smith & Nephew pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Haleon pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Smith & Nephew beats Haleon on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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