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Should you be buying Procter & Gamble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Procter & Gamble include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Unilever (UL), and Ecolab (ECL).
Procter & Gamble vs.
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 39 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 90 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 51 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Procter & Gamble's score of 1.32 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Procter & Gamble pays out 64.0% 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. Procter & Gamble has increased its dividend for 69 consecutive years and Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years. Procter & Gamble is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Procter & Gamble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Procter & Gamble presently has a consensus price target of $181.47, suggesting a potential upside of 10.98%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus price target of $101.72, suggesting a potential upside of 13.16%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Procter & Gamble.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 18.35% compared to Colgate-Palmolive's net margin of 14.38%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 477.77% beat Procter & Gamble's return on equity.
Procter & Gamble received 374 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.26% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 50.63% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Colgate-Palmolive on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PG) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
