PG vs. UL, KO, PEP, PM, BUD, CHD, MDLZ, DEO, CL, and MO
Should you be buying Procter & Gamble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Procter & Gamble include Unilever (UL), Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Philip Morris International (PM), Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD), Church & Dwight (CHD), Mondelez International (MDLZ), Diageo (DEO), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), and Altria Group (MO). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
Procter & Gamble received 422 more outperform votes than Unilever when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.36% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 51.38% of users gave Unilever an outperform vote.
Procter & Gamble currently has a consensus price target of $169.76, suggesting a potential upside of 5.25%. Unilever has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.32%. Given Procter & Gamble's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Unilever.
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.
65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Unilever shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Unilever shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Unilever pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Unilever.
Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Unilever has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 52 more articles in the media than Unilever. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 18 mentions for Unilever. Unilever's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Procter & Gamble's score of 0.59 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Unilever on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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