CLX vs. CAG, CPB, MKC, USFD, HRL, LW, SJM, ACI, TAP, and TSN
Should you be buying Clorox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clorox include Conagra Brands (CAG), Campbell Soup (CPB), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), US Foods (USFD), Hormel Foods (HRL), Lamb Weston (LW), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), and Tyson Foods (TSN). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Clorox (NYSE:CLX) and Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
78.5% of Clorox shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Clorox shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Clorox had 3 more articles in the media than Conagra Brands. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Clorox and 10 mentions for Conagra Brands. Conagra Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Clorox's score of 1.14 indicating that Conagra Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Conagra Brands received 237 more outperform votes than Clorox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.96% of users gave Conagra Brands an outperform vote while only 40.02% of users gave Clorox an outperform vote.
Clorox has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Conagra Brands has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Clorox pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Conagra Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Clorox pays out 248.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Conagra Brands pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Conagra Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Clorox presently has a consensus price target of $146.43, suggesting a potential upside of 11.33%. Conagra Brands has a consensus price target of $33.14, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Clorox's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Clorox is more favorable than Conagra Brands.
Conagra Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Clorox. Conagra Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clorox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Conagra Brands has a net margin of 7.86% compared to Clorox's net margin of 3.33%. Clorox's return on equity of 302.49% beat Conagra Brands' return on equity.
Summary
Conagra Brands beats Clorox on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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