WD-40 (WDFC) Competitors

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) and Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Is WDFC or SPB a better dividend stock?

WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. WD-40 pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spectrum Brands pays out 46.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. WD-40 has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Spectrum Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WDFC or SPB?

91.5% of WD-40 shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of WD-40 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Spectrum Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is WDFC or SPB more profitable?

WD-40 has a net margin of 11.79% compared to Spectrum Brands' net margin of 4.21%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.53% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WD-40	11.79%	31.53%	15.81%
Spectrum Brands	4.21%	6.16%	3.14%

Do analysts prefer WDFC or SPB?

WD-40 presently has a consensus price target of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.86%. Spectrum Brands has a consensus price target of $100.75, suggesting a potential upside of 17.72%. Given WD-40's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WD-40 is more favorable than Spectrum Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WD-40	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Spectrum Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk and volatility, WDFC or SPB?

WD-40 has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WDFC or SPB?

Spectrum Brands received 284 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.41% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WD-40	Outperform Votes 280 53.33%	Underperform Votes 245 46.67%
Spectrum Brands	Outperform Votes 564 70.41%	Underperform Votes 237 29.59%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WDFC or SPB?

Spectrum Brands has higher revenue and earnings than WD-40. Spectrum Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WD-40	$590.56M	5.32	$69.64M	$5.22	44.40
Spectrum Brands	$2.96B	0.81	$124.80M	$4.08	20.98

Does the media refer more to WDFC or SPB?

In the previous week, WD-40 had 5 more articles in the media than Spectrum Brands. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for WD-40 and 4 mentions for Spectrum Brands. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Spectrum Brands' score of 0.38 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WD-40	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Spectrum Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

WD-40 beats Spectrum Brands on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.