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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), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Unilever (UL), and Ecolab (ECL).
Procter & Gamble vs.
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Colgate-Palmolive presently has a consensus target price of $101.11, suggesting a potential upside of 13.70%. Procter & Gamble has a consensus target price of $179.65, suggesting a potential upside of 11.12%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Procter & Gamble.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 17.07% compared to Colgate-Palmolive's net margin of 14.27%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 405.81% beat Procter & Gamble's return on equity.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 54 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 100 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 46 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Procter & Gamble's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Colgate-Palmolive's score of 0.81 indicating that Procter & Gamble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Procter & Gamble pays out 69.5% 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 Procter & Gamble has raised its dividend for 69 consecutive years. Procter & Gamble is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Procter & Gamble received 376 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.32% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 50.55% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Colgate-Palmolive on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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