KMB vs. KDP, STZ, KHC, EL, HSY, GIS, CTVA, KVUE, SYY, and ABEV
Should you be buying Kimberly-Clark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimberly-Clark include Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Corteva (CTVA), Kenvue (KVUE), Sysco (SYY), and Ambev (ABEV). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) and Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Keurig Dr Pepper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kimberly-Clark. Keurig Dr Pepper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimberly-Clark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimberly-Clark received 508 more outperform votes than Keurig Dr Pepper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.77% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote while only 34.33% of users gave Keurig Dr Pepper an outperform vote.
Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Keurig Dr Pepper has a net margin of 14.52% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 9.05%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 250.28% beat Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity.
Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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. Keurig Dr Pepper pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 10 more articles in the media than Keurig Dr Pepper. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 11 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper. Keurig Dr Pepper's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Kimberly-Clark's score of 0.53 indicating that Keurig Dr Pepper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kimberly-Clark presently has a consensus target price of $134.85, indicating a potential upside of 0.44%. Keurig Dr Pepper has a consensus target price of $36.64, indicating a potential upside of 8.55%. Given Keurig Dr Pepper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Keurig Dr Pepper is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.
Summary
Keurig Dr Pepper beats Kimberly-Clark on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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