RKT vs. ULVR, TSCO, ABF, IMB, BNZL, CCH, BATS, 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), Bunzl (BNZL), Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), British American Tobacco (BATS), Diageo (DGE), PZ Cussons (PZC), and Warpaint London (W7L). These companies are all part of the "consumer defensive" sector.
Unilever (LON:ULVR) and Reckitt Benckiser Group (LON:RKT) are both large-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Unilever pays an annual dividend of GBX 147 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Reckitt Benckiser Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 193 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Unilever pays out 6,681.8% 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 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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,320, indicating a potential upside of 0.09%. Given Reckitt Benckiser Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Unilever is more favorable than Reckitt Benckiser Group.
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.
50.8% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.6% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Unilever shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Reckitt Benckiser Group shares are held 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.
Reckitt Benckiser Group has a net margin of 11.25% compared to Reckitt Benckiser Group's net margin of 10.88%. Reckitt Benckiser Group's return on equity of 33.63% beat Unilever's return on equity.
Unilever has a beta of 0.16, suggesting that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Reckitt Benckiser Group has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Unilever had 4 more articles in the media than Reckitt Benckiser Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Unilever and 0 mentions for Reckitt Benckiser Group. Reckitt Benckiser Group's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Unilever's score of 0.00 indicating that Unilever is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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