KHC vs. CHD, LW, PPC, POST, LANC, THS, BRCC, LWAY, LFVN, and NAII
Should you be buying Kraft Heinz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kraft Heinz include Church & Dwight (CHD), Lamb Weston (LW), Pilgrim's Pride (PPC), Post (POST), Lancaster Colony (LANC), TreeHouse Foods (THS), BRC (BRCC), Lifeway Foods (LWAY), LifeVantage (LFVN), and Natural Alternatives International (NAII).
Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) and Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Kraft Heinz received 75 more outperform votes than Church & Dwight when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.31% of users gave Kraft Heinz an outperform vote while only 58.11% of users gave Church & Dwight an outperform vote.
86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Church & Dwight shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Kraft Heinz shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Church & Dwight has a net margin of 13.13% compared to Church & Dwight's net margin of 10.62%. Kraft Heinz's return on equity of 20.35% beat Church & Dwight's return on equity.
Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kraft Heinz has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Church & Dwight presently has a consensus target price of $105.56, suggesting a potential upside of 1.28%. Kraft Heinz has a consensus target price of $40.08, suggesting a potential upside of 13.52%. Given Church & Dwight's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kraft Heinz is more favorable than Church & Dwight.
In the previous week, Kraft Heinz had 3 more articles in the media than Church & Dwight. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Kraft Heinz and 16 mentions for Church & Dwight. Church & Dwight's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Kraft Heinz's score of 0.53 indicating that Kraft Heinz is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Kraft Heinz pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Church & Dwight pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kraft Heinz pays out 69.9% 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. Church & Dwight has raised its dividend for 28 consecutive years.
Kraft Heinz has higher revenue and earnings than Church & Dwight. Kraft Heinz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Church & Dwight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Church & Dwight and Kraft Heinz tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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