Church & Dwight (CHD) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CHD or CL?

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
Church & Dwight	$5.87B	4.67	$755.60M	$2.23	50.18
Colgate-Palmolive	$19.46B	3.99	$2.30B	$3.49	27.19

Which has more volatility & risk, CHD or CL?

Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CHD or CL?

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

Does the media prefer CHD or CL?

In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 22 more articles in the media than Church & Dwight. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 12 mentions for Church & Dwight. Church & Dwight's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Colgate-Palmolive's score of 1.32 indicating that Church & Dwight is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Church & Dwight	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Colgate-Palmolive	30 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CHD or CL a better dividend stock?

Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Church & Dwight pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 57.3% 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. Church & Dwight has raised its dividend for 28 consecutive years and Colgate-Palmolive has raised its dividend for 62 consecutive years. Colgate-Palmolive is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is CHD or CL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Church & Dwight	9.08%	19.90%	9.48%
Colgate-Palmolive	14.27%	405.81%	17.72%

Do analysts recommend CHD or CL?

Church & Dwight presently has a consensus target price of $108.53, indicating a potential downside of 3.01%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus target price of $105.11, indicating a potential upside of 10.75%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Church & Dwight.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Church & Dwight	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26
Colgate-Palmolive	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHD or CL?

Church & Dwight received 15 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.78% of users gave Church & Dwight an outperform vote while only 50.46% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Church & Dwight	Outperform Votes 561 57.78%	Underperform Votes 410 42.22%
Colgate-Palmolive	Outperform Votes 546 50.46%	Underperform Votes 536 49.54%

Summary

Colgate-Palmolive beats Church & Dwight on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.