WDFC vs. JJSF, SAM, NOMD, NWL, SMPL, TBBB, UTZ, BRFS, HELE, and IPAR
Should you be buying WD-40 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WD-40 include J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), Boston Beer (SAM), Nomad Foods (NOMD), Newell Brands (NWL), Simply Good Foods (SMPL), BBB Foods (TBBB), Utz Brands (UTZ), BRF (BRFS), Helen of Troy (HELE), and Inter Parfums (IPAR). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
J&J Snack Foods (NASDAQ:JJSF) and WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, WD-40 had 5 more articles in the media than J&J Snack Foods. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for WD-40 and 5 mentions for J&J Snack Foods. J&J Snack Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat WD-40's score of 0.43 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J&J Snack Foods has higher revenue and earnings than WD-40. J&J Snack Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WD-40 has a net margin of 12.19% compared to WD-40's net margin of 5.45%. J&J Snack Foods' return on equity of 32.30% beat WD-40's return on equity.
76.0% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of WD-40 shares are held by institutional investors. 22.2% of J&J Snack Foods shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of WD-40 shares are held 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.
J&J Snack Foods pays an annual dividend of $2.94 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 1.5%. J&J Snack Foods pays out 66.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WD-40 pays out 70.3% 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. J&J Snack Foods has raised its dividend for 19 consecutive years and WD-40 has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. J&J Snack Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
J&J Snack Foods has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.
J&J Snack Foods received 26 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.30% of users gave J&J Snack Foods an outperform vote while only 53.08% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.
J&J Snack Foods presently has a consensus target price of $195.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.79%. WD-40 has a consensus target price of $313.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.14%. Given J&J Snack Foods' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WD-40 is more favorable than J&J Snack Foods.
Summary
WD-40 beats J&J Snack Foods on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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