CHD vs. CL, KMB, CLX, WDFC, SPB, CENTA, ODC, PG, ECL, and SCL
Should you be buying Church & Dwight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Church & Dwight include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Ecolab (ECL), and Stepan (SCL).
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Church & Dwight. Colgate-Palmolive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Church & Dwight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Colgate-Palmolive presently has a consensus target price of $92.94, suggesting a potential downside of 1.51%. Church & Dwight has a consensus target price of $105.56, suggesting a potential downside of 2.40%. Given Church & Dwight's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Church & Dwight.
Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 13.22% compared to Colgate-Palmolive's net margin of 13.13%. Church & Dwight's return on equity of 485.40% beat Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity.
80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Church & Dwight shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 3 more articles in the media than Church & Dwight. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 6 mentions for Church & Dwight. Church & Dwight's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Colgate-Palmolive's score of 1.12 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Church & Dwight received 22 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.11% of users gave Church & Dwight an outperform vote while only 50.33% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.
Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Church & Dwight pays out 35.9% 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. Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Church & Dwight has increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years.
Summary
Colgate-Palmolive beats Church & Dwight on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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