ENR vs. KLG, WLYB, TR, WLY, DNUT, THS, EPC, HELE, MGPI, and GO
Should you be buying Energizer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energizer include WK Kellogg (KLG), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), Krispy Kreme (DNUT), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), Helen of Troy (HELE), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), and Grocery Outlet (GO). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Energizer (NYSE:ENR) and WK Kellogg (NYSE:KLG) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.
93.7% of Energizer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of WK Kellogg shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Energizer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of WK Kellogg shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Energizer has a net margin of 2.97% compared to WK Kellogg's net margin of 0.00%. Energizer's return on equity of 119.16% beat WK Kellogg's return on equity.
Energizer has higher revenue and earnings than WK Kellogg.
In the previous week, WK Kellogg had 1 more articles in the media than Energizer. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for WK Kellogg and 6 mentions for Energizer. WK Kellogg's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Energizer's score of 0.70 indicating that WK Kellogg is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Energizer pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. WK Kellogg pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Energizer pays out 100.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Energizer presently has a consensus price target of $32.57, suggesting a potential upside of 6.86%. WK Kellogg has a consensus price target of $16.95, suggesting a potential downside of 19.09%. Given Energizer's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Energizer is more favorable than WK Kellogg.
Energizer received 377 more outperform votes than WK Kellogg when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.84% of users gave Energizer an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave WK Kellogg an outperform vote.
Summary
Energizer beats WK Kellogg on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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