KMB vs. STZ, KDP, FMX, EL, HSY, GIS, CTVA, KVUE, SYY, and ABEV
Should you be buying Kimberly-Clark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimberly-Clark include Constellation Brands (STZ), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Fomento Económico Mexicano (FMX), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Hershey (HSY), General Mills (GIS), Corteva (CTVA), Kenvue (KVUE), Sysco (SYY), and Ambev (ABEV). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) and Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Brands has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Constellation Brands received 365 more outperform votes than Kimberly-Clark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave Constellation Brands an outperform vote while only 49.81% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 6 more articles in the media than Constellation Brands. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 9 mentions for Constellation Brands. Constellation Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Kimberly-Clark's score of 0.78 indicating that Constellation Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.3% of Constellation Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.2% of Constellation Brands shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kimberly-Clark currently has a consensus target price of $134.85, indicating a potential upside of 1.75%. Constellation Brands has a consensus target price of $298.55, indicating a potential upside of 21.20%. Given Constellation Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Constellation Brands is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.
Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Constellation Brands pays an annual dividend of $4.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Kimberly-Clark pays out 89.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Constellation Brands pays out 43.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Kimberly-Clark has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Brands. Kimberly-Clark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Constellation Brands has a net margin of 16.13% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 9.05%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 250.28% beat Constellation Brands' return on equity.
Summary
Constellation Brands beats Kimberly-Clark on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Kimberly-Clark News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KMB and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KMB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Kimberly-Clark Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
