Church & Dwight (CHD) Competitors

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

Is CHD or CL a better dividend stock?

Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Church & Dwight pays out 49.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 56.8% 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. Church & Dwight has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years and Colgate-Palmolive has increased 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.

Does the media prefer CHD or CL?

In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 18 more articles in the media than Church & Dwight. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 22 mentions for Church & Dwight. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Church & Dwight's score of 1.61 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Church & Dwight	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Colgate-Palmolive	36 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHD or CL?

Church & Dwight received 7 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.49% of users gave Church & Dwight an outperform vote while only 50.64% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Church & Dwight	Outperform Votes 564 57.49%	Underperform Votes 417 42.51%
Colgate-Palmolive	Outperform Votes 557 50.64%	Underperform Votes 543 49.36%

Do analysts recommend CHD or CL?

Church & Dwight presently has a consensus price target of $111.47, indicating a potential upside of 5.76%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus price target of $101.16, indicating a potential upside of 12.95%. 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	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35
Colgate-Palmolive	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CHD or CL?

Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHD or CL 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
Church & Dwight	9.58%	20.03%	9.74%
Colgate-Palmolive	14.38%	477.77%	17.98%

Which has preferable valuation and 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	$6.11B	4.25	$585.30M	$2.37	44.47
Colgate-Palmolive	$20.10B	3.62	$2.89B	$3.52	25.44

Summary

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