PG vs. CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, WDFC, SPB, CENTA, ODC, UL, and ECL
Should you be buying Procter & Gamble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Procter & Gamble include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Unilever (UL), and Ecolab (ECL).
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Procter & Gamble received 376 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.38% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 50.33% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 18.00% compared to Colgate-Palmolive's net margin of 13.22%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 485.40% beat Procter & Gamble's return on equity.
Procter & Gamble currently has a consensus target price of $169.76, suggesting a potential upside of 3.18%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus target price of $92.94, suggesting a potential downside of 0.02%. Given Procter & Gamble's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.
65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Colgate-Palmolive. Procter & Gamble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 14 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 9 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Procter & Gamble's score of 0.90 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Colgate-Palmolive on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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