Analyzing Unilever (NYSE:UL) and Greystone Logistics (OTCMKTS:GLGI)

Unilever (NYSE:UL) and Greystone Logistics (OTCMKTS:GLGI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Unilever and Greystone Logistics, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Unilever	2	3	4	2	2.55
Greystone Logistics	0	0	0	0	0.00

Unilever presently has a consensus target price of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.55%. Given Unilever’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Unilever is more favorable than Greystone Logistics.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

9.7% of Unilever shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.3% of Greystone Logistics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Unilever shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Unilever and Greystone Logistics”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Unilever	$65.76 billion	2.34	$6.22 billion	N/A	N/A
Greystone Logistics	$57.87 million	0.47	$2.35 million	$0.03	33.17

Unilever has higher revenue and earnings than Greystone Logistics.

Volatility and Risk

Unilever has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greystone Logistics has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Unilever and Greystone Logistics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Unilever	N/A	N/A	N/A
Greystone Logistics	1.66%	4.35%	1.93%

Summary

Unilever beats Greystone Logistics on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Unilever

Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in the Asia Pacific, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through five segments: Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition, and Ice Cream. The Beauty & Wellbeing segment engages in the sale of hair care products, such as shampoo, conditioner, and styling; skin care products including face, hand, and body moisturizer; and prestige beauty and health & wellbeing products consist of the vitamins, minerals, and supplements. The Personal Care segment offers skin cleansing products comprising soap and shower; deodorants; and oral care products, such as toothpaste, toothbrush, and mouthwash products. The Home Care segment is involved in the sale of fabric care products, including washing powders and liquids, and rinse conditioners; and fabric enhancers, and home and hygiene products. The Nutrition segment provides dressings products, such as mayonnaise and ketchup; sells scratch cooking aids consist of soups, bouillons, and seasonings; plant-based meat; beverages; and functional nutrition products, including Horlicks and Boost, as well as tea products. The Ice Cream segment offers ice cream products including in-home and out-of-home ice creams. The company provides its products under the AXE, Ben & Jerry's, Cif, Clear, Closeup, Comfort, Cornetto, Dermalogica, Domestos, Dove, Dove Men+Care, Hellmann's, Horlicks, Knorr, LUX, Lifebuoy, Liquid I.V., Magnum, Nutrafol, OMO, Paula's Choice, Pepsodent, Pond's, Rexona, Rexona, Sunlight, Sunsilk, Surf, TRESemmé, Vaseline, Wall's, Breyers, and Yasso brand names. Unilever PLC was founded in 1860 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

About Greystone Logistics

Greystone Logistics, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets plastic pallets and pelletized recycled plastic resins in the United States. The company offers rackable, can, nestable, display, monoblock, half-barrel and slim keg stackable, drum, and mid duty pallets. It sells its pallets directly, as well as through a network of independent contractor distributors. The company was formerly known as PalWeb Corporation and changed its name to Greystone Logistics, Inc. in March 2005. Greystone Logistics, Inc. was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.