CLX vs. CAG, HRL, MKC, CPB, USFD, CELH, TSN, LW, TAP, and SJM
Should you be buying Clorox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clorox include Conagra Brands (CAG), Hormel Foods (HRL), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Campbell Soup (CPB), US Foods (USFD), Celsius (CELH), Tyson Foods (TSN), Lamb Weston (LW), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), and J. M. Smucker (SJM). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and Clorox (NYSE:CLX) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Conagra Brands presently has a consensus price target of $33.14, indicating a potential upside of 7.66%. Clorox has a consensus price target of $146.43, indicating a potential upside of 9.01%. Given Conagra Brands' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clorox is more favorable than Conagra Brands.
Conagra Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Clorox. Conagra Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clorox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Conagra Brands has a net margin of 7.86% compared to Conagra Brands' net margin of 3.33%. Conagra Brands' return on equity of 302.49% beat Clorox's return on equity.
Conagra Brands received 237 more outperform votes than Clorox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.96% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 40.02% of users gave Clorox an outperform vote.
Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clorox has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Clorox shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Clorox shares are owned by 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, Clorox had 13 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Clorox and 8 mentions for Conagra Brands. Clorox's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Conagra Brands' score of 0.95 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Clorox pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Conagra Brands pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Conagra Brands has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Clorox has increased its dividend for 46 consecutive years. Conagra Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Conagra Brands beats Clorox on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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