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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Is CL or KMB more profitable?

Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 14.38% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 12.69%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 477.77% beat Kimberly-Clark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colgate-Palmolive	14.38%	477.77%	17.98%
Kimberly-Clark	12.69%	201.43%	14.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive received 12 more outperform votes than Kimberly-Clark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.63% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote while only 49.50% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Colgate-Palmolive	Outperform Votes 562 50.63%	Underperform Votes 548 49.37%
Kimberly-Clark	Outperform Votes 550 49.50%	Underperform Votes 561 50.50%

Is CL or KMB a better dividend stock?

Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kimberly-Clark pays out 66.8% 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 Kimberly-Clark has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer CL or KMB?

In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive and Colgate-Palmolive both had 32 articles in the media. Kimberly-Clark's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Colgate-Palmolive's score of 1.25 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	24 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kimberly-Clark	21 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CL or KMB?

80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark 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 preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$20.10B	3.81	$2.89B	$3.52	26.86
Kimberly-Clark	$20.06B	2.34	$2.55B	$7.55	18.74

Which has more risk and volatility, CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive currently has a consensus price target of $101.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.54%. Kimberly-Clark has a consensus price target of $145.38, indicating a potential upside of 2.76%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48
Kimberly-Clark	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Summary

Colgate-Palmolive beats Kimberly-Clark on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.