RKT vs. ULVR, TSCO, ABF, IMB, BATS, BNZL, CCH, DGE, PZC, and W7L
Should you be buying Reckitt Benckiser Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Reckitt Benckiser Group include Unilever (ULVR), Tesco (TSCO), Associated British Foods (ABF), Imperial Brands (IMB), British American Tobacco (BATS), Bunzl (BNZL), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), Diageo (DGE), PZ Cussons (PZC), and Warpaint London (W7L). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON:RKT) and Unilever (LON:ULVR) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Reckitt Benckiser Group has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
60.6% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Unilever received 953 more outperform votes than Reckitt Benckiser Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.77% of users gave Reckitt Benckiser Group an outperform vote while only 58.16% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
Reckitt Benckiser Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 193 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of GBX 148 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Reckitt Benckiser Group pays out 8,502.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Unilever pays out 6,727.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Reckitt Benckiser Group has a net margin of 11.25% compared to Unilever's net margin of 10.88%. Unilever's return on equity of 33.63% beat Reckitt Benckiser Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Unilever had 2 more articles in the media than Reckitt Benckiser Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Unilever and 3 mentions for Reckitt Benckiser Group. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Reckitt Benckiser Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Unilever has a consensus target price of GBX 4,320, indicating a potential upside of 1.27%. Given Unilever's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Unilever is more favorable than Reckitt Benckiser Group.
Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Reckitt Benckiser Group. Unilever is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Reckitt Benckiser Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Unilever beats Reckitt Benckiser Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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