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Should you be buying Church & Dwight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Church & Dwight include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Ecolab (ECL), and Stepan (SCL).
Church & Dwight vs.
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Church & Dwight pays out 50.7% 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. Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Church & Dwight has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Colgate-Palmolive is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Church & Dwight received 9 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.64% of users gave Church & Dwight an outperform vote while only 50.55% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.
80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Colgate-Palmolive presently has a consensus target price of $101.11, suggesting a potential upside of 15.51%. Church & Dwight has a consensus target price of $110.61, suggesting a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Church & Dwight.
Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Church & Dwight. Colgate-Palmolive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Church & Dwight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 14.27% compared to Church & Dwight's net margin of 9.08%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 405.81% beat Church & Dwight's return on equity.
In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 15 more articles in the media than Church & Dwight. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 27 mentions for Church & Dwight. Church & Dwight's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Colgate-Palmolive's score of 0.82 indicating that Church & Dwight is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Colgate-Palmolive beats Church & Dwight on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CHD) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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