CLX vs. KMB, CHD, WDFC, SPB, CENTA, ODC, PG, CL, MNST, and KDP
Should you be buying Clorox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clorox include Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Monster Beverage (MNST), and Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP).
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) and Clorox (NYSE:CLX) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Kimberly-Clark has higher revenue and earnings than Clorox. Kimberly-Clark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clorox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimberly-Clark received 178 more outperform votes than Clorox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.86% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote while only 40.02% of users gave Clorox an outperform vote.
Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clorox has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kimberly-Clark currently has a consensus target price of $134.85, suggesting a potential upside of 1.16%. Clorox has a consensus target price of $146.43, suggesting a potential upside of 11.30%. Given Kimberly-Clark's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clorox is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.
Kimberly-Clark has a net margin of 9.05% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 3.33%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 302.49% beat Clorox's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 2 more articles in the media than Clorox. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 8 mentions for Clorox. Clorox's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Kimberly-Clark's score of 0.74 indicating that Kimberly-Clark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Clorox pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Clorox pays out 248.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimberly-Clark has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years and Clorox has raised its dividend for 46 consecutive years. Kimberly-Clark is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Clorox shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Clorox shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Kimberly-Clark beats Clorox on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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