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SPB vs. WDFC, CENTA, ODC, PG, CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, NOVT, and ENS

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), Novanta (NOVT), and EnerSys (ENS).

Spectrum Brands vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Spectrum Brands$2.97B0.55$124.80M$4.0715.30
WD-40$610.64M4.98$69.64M$6.2735.82

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
Spectrum Brands4.01% 6.44% 3.43%
WD-40 11.78%31.68%15.93%

Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Spectrum Brands presently has a consensus price target of $95.43, indicating a potential upside of 53.25%. WD-40 has a consensus price target of $301.00, indicating a potential upside of 34.01%. Given Spectrum Brands' 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
Spectrum Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
WD-40
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Spectrum Brands pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WD-40 pays out 60.0% 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.

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 4 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 9 mentions for WD-40. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Spectrum Brands' score of 0.94 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Spectrum Brands received 285 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.38% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 53.60% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Spectrum BrandsOutperform Votes
568
70.38%
Underperform Votes
239
29.62%
WD-40Outperform Votes
283
53.60%
Underperform Votes
245
46.40%

Summary

Spectrum Brands and WD-40 tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SPB vs. The Competition

MetricSpectrum Brandselectrical machinery, equipment, & supplies IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.64B$754.00M$7.39B$18.86B
Dividend Yield3.18%2.78%3.51%4.15%
P/E Ratio15.308.6516.1832.41
Price / Sales0.5511.377.3028.58
Price / Cash8.0815.9516.4217.53
Price / Book0.817.824.344.44
Net Income$124.80M-$70.66M$258.87M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.29%4.17%3.77%3.35%
1 Month Performance-10.84%-7.44%-5.53%-5.48%
1 Year Performance-22.49%1.57%-4.13%4.28%

Spectrum Brands Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SPB
Spectrum Brands
4.2528 of 5 stars
$62.18
-0.2%
$95.43
+53.5%
-23.3%$1.64B$2.97B15.2811,000
WDFC
WD-40
4.0893 of 5 stars
$223.24
+0.5%
$301.00
+34.8%
-0.9%$3.02B$610.64M42.77580Positive News
CENTA
Central Garden & Pet
3.8421 of 5 stars
$32.32
+1.9%
$41.00
+26.9%
-14.9%$2.12B$3.22B17.767,000Positive News
ODC
Oil-Dri Co. of America
2.5288 of 5 stars
$43.18
-0.3%
N/A+141.8%$630.21M$465.34M13.95870
PG
Procter & Gamble
4.658 of 5 stars
$169.11
+1.3%
$181.50
+7.3%
-1.8%$396.54B$84.35B26.93106,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
4.6408 of 5 stars
$94.98
+1.0%
$101.67
+7.0%
+4.3%$77.04B$20.10B26.9833,800Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.5316 of 5 stars
$142.70
+2.1%
$145.38
+1.9%
-4.0%$47.33B$20.06B18.9044,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CHD
Church & Dwight
4.6554 of 5 stars
$105.61
+1.2%
$111.44
+5.5%
-6.7%$25.99B$6.11B44.565,250Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CLX
Clorox
4.0699 of 5 stars
$140.77
-0.5%
$156.75
+11.4%
-7.0%$17.34B$7.17B38.469,000Positive News
NOVT
Novanta
2.9479 of 5 stars
$114.48
+1.9%
$160.00
+39.8%
-23.6%$4.12B$949.25M68.552,900Positive News
High Trading Volume
ENS
EnerSys
4.3192 of 5 stars
$82.78
+0.3%
$117.50
+41.9%
-4.8%$3.26B$3.55B10.2511,400Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SPB) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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