CL vs. KMB, CHD, CLX, WDFC, SPB, CENTA, ODC, PG, EL, and HLN
Should you be buying Colgate-Palmolive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colgate-Palmolive include Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), and Haleon (HLN).
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Colgate-Palmolive presently has a consensus price target of $92.94, suggesting a potential downside of 0.02%. Kimberly-Clark has a consensus price target of $134.85, suggesting a potential upside of 1.16%. Given Kimberly-Clark's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kimberly-Clark is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.
Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kimberly-Clark pays out 89.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Colgate-Palmolive has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kimberly-Clark. Kimberly-Clark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimberly-Clark received 3 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.33% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote while only 49.86% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote.
Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 1 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 9 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Kimberly-Clark's score of 1.03 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 13.22% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 9.05%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 485.40% beat Kimberly-Clark's return on equity.
Summary
Colgate-Palmolive beats Kimberly-Clark on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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