Spectrum Brands (SPB) Competitors

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

Is WDFC or SPB a better dividend stock?

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 2.8%. WD-40 pays out 72.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spectrum Brands pays out 46.2% 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 raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Spectrum Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WDFC or SPB?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WDFC or SPB?

Spectrum Brands received 285 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.43% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 53.51% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WD-40	Outperform Votes 282 53.51%	Underperform Votes 245 46.49%
Spectrum Brands	Outperform Votes 567 70.43%	Underperform Votes 238 29.57%

Does the media favor WDFC or SPB?

In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 4 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 5 mentions for WD-40. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Spectrum Brands' score of 0.39 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WD-40	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Spectrum Brands	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WDFC or SPB?

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
WD-40	$603.64M	5.59	$69.64M	$5.22	47.69
Spectrum Brands	$2.97B	0.59	$124.80M	$4.07	16.25

Do analysts recommend WDFC or SPB?

WD-40 currently has a consensus target price of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.92%. Spectrum Brands has a consensus target price of $101.57, suggesting a potential upside of 53.53%. Given Spectrum Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than WD-40.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WD-40	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Spectrum Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more risk and volatility, WDFC or SPB?

WD-40 has a beta of -0.1, indicating that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WDFC or SPB more profitable?

WD-40 has a net margin of 11.78% compared to Spectrum Brands' net margin of 4.01%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.68% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WD-40	11.78%	31.68%	15.93%
Spectrum Brands	4.01%	6.44%	3.43%

Summary

Spectrum Brands beats WD-40 on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.