CLX vs. CL, KMB, CHD, WDFC, SPB, CENTA, ODC, PG, BTI, and MDLZ
Should you be buying Clorox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clorox include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), British American Tobacco (BTI), and Mondelez International (MDLZ).
Clorox vs.
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Clorox (NYSE:CLX) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 14.27% compared to Clorox's net margin of 4.78%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 405.81% beat Clorox's return on equity.
Colgate-Palmolive received 195 more outperform votes than Clorox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.55% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote while only 39.13% of users gave Clorox an outperform vote.
Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Clorox. Colgate-Palmolive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clorox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Clorox shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Clorox shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Clorox pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clorox pays out 170.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years and Clorox has increased its dividend for 47 consecutive years.
Colgate-Palmolive presently has a consensus price target of $101.11, suggesting a potential upside of 13.86%. Clorox has a consensus price target of $156.54, suggesting a potential downside of 2.35%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Clorox.
In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 27 more articles in the media than Clorox. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 20 mentions for Clorox. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Clorox's score of 0.50 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clorox has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Colgate-Palmolive beats Clorox on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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