WD-40 (WDFC) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SPB or WDFC?

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
Spectrum Brands	$2.92B	0.90	$1.80B	$3.54	26.51
WD-40	$590.56M	6.43	$69.64M	$5.11	54.87

Is SPB or WDFC a better dividend stock?

Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Spectrum Brands pays out 47.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WD-40 pays out 68.9% 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 16 consecutive years. Spectrum Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands presently has a consensus target price of $101.88, suggesting a potential upside of 8.54%. WD-40 has a consensus target price of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.36%. Given Spectrum Brands' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than WD-40.

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

Which has more volatility and risk, SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of -0.08, meaning that its share price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands received 284 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.55% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 53.24% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spectrum Brands	Outperform Votes 563 70.55%	Underperform Votes 235 29.45%
WD-40	Outperform Votes 279 53.24%	Underperform Votes 245 46.76%

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

91.5% of WD-40 shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Spectrum Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of WD-40 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SPB or WDFC more profitable?

WD-40 has a net margin of 11.79% compared to Spectrum Brands' net margin of 3.86%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.53% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spectrum Brands	3.86%	6.84%	3.37%
WD-40	11.79%	31.53%	15.81%

Does the media prefer SPB or WDFC?

In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 2 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 4 mentions for WD-40. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Spectrum Brands' score of 0.18 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spectrum Brands	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
WD-40	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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