SPB vs. WDFC, CENTA, ODC, PG, CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, CAE, and NOVT
Should you be buying Spectrum Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spectrum Brands include WD-40 (WDFC), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), CAE (CAE), and Novanta (NOVT).
Spectrum Brands vs.
WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) and Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) are both mid-cap consumer staples 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.
In the previous week, WD-40 had 5 more articles in the media than Spectrum Brands. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for WD-40 and 5 mentions for Spectrum Brands. Spectrum Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat WD-40's score of 0.77 indicating that Spectrum Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WD-40 has a beta of -0.07, meaning that its share price is 107% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
WD-40 presently has a consensus price target of $301.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.43%. Spectrum Brands has a consensus price target of $102.38, indicating a potential upside of 19.83%. Given WD-40's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe WD-40 is more favorable than Spectrum Brands.
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.
91.5% of WD-40 shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of WD-40 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Spectrum Brands 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.
WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. WD-40 pays out 73.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spectrum Brands pays out 46.1% 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. Spectrum Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Spectrum Brands beats WD-40 on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
