CHD vs. CL, KMB, CLX, WDFC, CENTA, SPB, ODC, PG, ECL, and SCL
Should you be buying Church & Dwight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Church & Dwight include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Ecolab (ECL), and Stepan (SCL).
Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.
Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Church & Dwight. Colgate-Palmolive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Church & Dwight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Church & Dwight presently has a consensus target price of $105.56, suggesting a potential downside of 1.35%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus target price of $92.94, suggesting a potential downside of 0.02%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Church & Dwight.
Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Church & Dwight pays out 35.9% 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.
Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Church & Dwight received 22 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.11% of users gave Church & Dwight an outperform vote while only 50.33% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.
86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Church & Dwight 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Church & Dwight had 1 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Church & Dwight and 9 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Church & Dwight's score of 0.41 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 13.22% compared to Church & Dwight's net margin of 13.13%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 485.40% beat Church & Dwight's return on equity.
Summary
Colgate-Palmolive beats Church & Dwight on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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