Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC) Competitors

Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) and Oil-Dri Co. of America (NYSE:ODC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Is SPB or ODC a better dividend stock?

Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Oil-Dri Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Spectrum Brands pays out 46.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oil-Dri Co. of America pays out 20.0% 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. Oil-Dri Co. of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, SPB or ODC?

Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil-Dri Co. of America has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SPB or ODC?

Spectrum Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Oil-Dri Co. of America. Oil-Dri Co. of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spectrum Brands, 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
Spectrum Brands	$2.96B	0.82	$124.80M	$4.08	21.12
Oil-Dri Co. of America	$437.59M	1.46	$39.43M	$3.10	14.11

Does the media refer more to SPB or ODC?

In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 4 more articles in the media than Oil-Dri Co. of America. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 3 mentions for Oil-Dri Co. of America. Oil-Dri Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Spectrum Brands' score of -0.04 indicating that Oil-Dri Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spectrum Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Oil-Dri Co. of America	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SPB or ODC?

Spectrum Brands received 403 more outperform votes than Oil-Dri Co. of America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.41% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 64.92% of users gave Oil-Dri Co. of America an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spectrum Brands	Outperform Votes 564 70.41%	Underperform Votes 237 29.59%
Oil-Dri Co. of America	Outperform Votes 161 64.92%	Underperform Votes 87 35.08%

Is SPB or ODC more profitable?

Oil-Dri Co. of America has a net margin of 9.92% compared to Spectrum Brands' net margin of 4.21%. Oil-Dri Co. of America's return on equity of 21.84% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spectrum Brands	4.21%	6.16%	3.14%
Oil-Dri Co. of America	9.92%	21.84%	13.79%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SPB or ODC?

49.0% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Spectrum Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SPB or ODC?

Spectrum Brands presently has a consensus price target of $100.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.91%. Given Spectrum Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than Oil-Dri Co. of America.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spectrum Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Oil-Dri Co. of America	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Spectrum Brands beats Oil-Dri Co. of America on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.