Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Competitors

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

Is CL or KMB a better dividend stock?

Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kimberly-Clark pays out 63.3% 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. Colgate-Palmolive has raised its dividend for 62 consecutive years and Kimberly-Clark has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years.

Does the media favor CL or KMB?

In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 2 more articles in the media than Kimberly-Clark. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 9 mentions for Kimberly-Clark. Kimberly-Clark's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Colgate-Palmolive's score of 0.87 indicating that Kimberly-Clark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Colgate-Palmolive	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kimberly-Clark	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Kimberly-Clark. Kimberly-Clark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, 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	$20.11B	3.74	$2.30B	$3.49	26.37
Kimberly-Clark	$20.10B	2.18	$1.76B	$7.71	17.03

Is CL or KMB more profitable?

Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 14.27% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 12.97%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 405.81% beat Kimberly-Clark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colgate-Palmolive	14.27%	405.81%	17.72%
Kimberly-Clark	12.97%	198.59%	14.35%

Which has more volatility and risk, CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CL or KMB?

80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts prefer CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive currently has a consensus price target of $105.11, indicating a potential upside of 14.21%. Kimberly-Clark has a consensus price target of $149.93, indicating a potential upside of 14.17%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colgate-Palmolive	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Kimberly-Clark	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive received 1 more outperform votes than Kimberly-Clark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.46% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote while only 49.91% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Colgate-Palmolive	Outperform Votes 547 50.46%	Underperform Votes 537 49.54%
Kimberly-Clark	Outperform Votes 546 49.91%	Underperform Votes 548 50.09%

Summary

Colgate-Palmolive beats Kimberly-Clark on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.