Spectrum Brands (SPB) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer WDFC or SPB?

WD-40 currently has a consensus price target of $301.00, suggesting a potential upside of 28.11%. Spectrum Brands has a consensus price target of $100.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.13%. Given WD-40's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WD-40 is more favorable than Spectrum Brands.

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)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor WDFC or SPB?

In the previous week, WD-40 had 8 more articles in the media than Spectrum Brands. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for WD-40 and 5 mentions for Spectrum Brands. Spectrum Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat WD-40's score of 0.94 indicating that Spectrum Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WDFC or SPB?

Spectrum Brands received 282 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.41% 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 564 70.41%	Underperform Votes 237 29.59%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$590.56M	5.39	$69.64M	$5.22	45.01
Spectrum Brands	$2.96B	0.78	$124.80M	$4.08	20.73

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 1.6%. Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. WD-40 pays out 72.0% 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. WD-40 has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Spectrum Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, WDFC or SPB?

WD-40 has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock 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 4.21%. 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	4.21%	6.16%	3.14%

Summary

WD-40 and Spectrum Brands tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.