Spectrum Brands (SPB) Competitors

Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) and WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Is SPB or WDFC a better dividend stock?

Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Spectrum Brands pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WD-40 pays out 68.9% 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. WD-40 has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Spectrum Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands has higher revenue and earnings than WD-40. Spectrum Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, 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	0.84	$124.80M	$4.08	21.74
WD-40	$590.56M	6.42	$69.64M	$5.11	54.72

Is SPB or WDFC more profitable?

WD-40 has a net margin of 11.79% compared to Spectrum Brands' net margin of 4.21%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.53% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spectrum Brands	4.21%	6.16%	3.14%
WD-40	11.79%	31.53%	15.81%

Do analysts recommend SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands currently has a consensus price target of $102.38, suggesting a potential upside of 15.44%. WD-40 has a consensus price target of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.65%. Given Spectrum Brands' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than WD-40.

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
WD-40	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands received 283 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.46% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spectrum Brands	Outperform Votes 563 70.46%	Underperform Votes 236 29.54%
WD-40	Outperform Votes 280 53.33%	Underperform Votes 245 46.67%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SPB or WDFC?

91.5% of WD-40 shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Spectrum Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of WD-40 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor SPB or WDFC?

In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 17 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 6 mentions for WD-40. Spectrum Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat WD-40's score of 0.18 indicating that Spectrum Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spectrum Brands	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
WD-40	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of -0.08, indicating that its share price is 108% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Spectrum Brands beats WD-40 on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.