Church & Dwight (CHD) Competitors

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CL or CHD?

Church & Dwight received 3 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.36% of users gave Church & Dwight an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Colgate-Palmolive	Outperform Votes 562 50.63%	Underperform Votes 548 49.37%
Church & Dwight	Outperform Votes 565 57.36%	Underperform Votes 420 42.64%

Is CL or CHD a better dividend stock?

Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Church & Dwight pays out 49.8% 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 63 consecutive years and Church & Dwight has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Colgate-Palmolive is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CL or CHD?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Colgate-Palmolive	$20.10B	3.83	$2.89B	$3.52	26.98
Church & Dwight	$6.11B	4.26	$585.30M	$2.37	44.56

Is CL or CHD more profitable?

Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 14.38% compared to Church & Dwight's net margin of 9.58%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 477.77% beat Church & Dwight's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colgate-Palmolive	14.38%	477.77%	17.98%
Church & Dwight	9.58%	20.03%	9.74%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CL or CHD?

80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, CL or CHD?

Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CL or CHD?

In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 7 more articles in the media than Church & Dwight. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 26 mentions for Church & Dwight. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Church & Dwight's score of 1.11 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Colgate-Palmolive	25 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Church & Dwight	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CL or CHD?

Colgate-Palmolive currently has a consensus target price of $101.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.04%. Church & Dwight has a consensus target price of $111.93, suggesting a potential upside of 5.99%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Church & Dwight.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colgate-Palmolive	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48
Church & Dwight	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Colgate-Palmolive beats Church & Dwight on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.