CHD vs. ADM, BF.B, TSN, IFF, MKC, CCEP, HRL, CLX, KVUE, and CELH
Should you be buying Church & Dwight stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Church & Dwight include Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Tyson Foods (TSN), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Hormel Foods (HRL), Clorox (CLX), Kenvue (KVUE), and Celsius (CELH). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE:ADM) and Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Church & Dwight had 4 more articles in the media than Archer-Daniels-Midland. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Church & Dwight and 38 mentions for Archer-Daniels-Midland. Archer-Daniels-Midland's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Church & Dwight's score of 0.53 indicating that Church & Dwight is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Archer-Daniels-Midland has higher revenue and earnings than Church & Dwight. Archer-Daniels-Midland is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Church & Dwight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Archer-Daniels-Midland pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Archer-Daniels-Midland pays out 35.1% 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. Archer-Daniels-Midland has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years and Church & Dwight has raised its dividend for 28 consecutive years. Archer-Daniels-Midland is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Church & Dwight has a net margin of 13.13% compared to Church & Dwight's net margin of 3.32%. Archer-Daniels-Midland's return on equity of 20.35% beat Church & Dwight's return on equity.
78.3% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Archer-Daniels-Midland shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Church & Dwight shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Archer-Daniels-Midland received 94 more outperform votes than Church & Dwight when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave Archer-Daniels-Midland an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Church & Dwight an outperform vote.
Archer-Daniels-Midland presently has a consensus target price of $67.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.08%. Church & Dwight has a consensus target price of $105.63, indicating a potential downside of 0.46%. Given Church & Dwight's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Archer-Daniels-Midland is more favorable than Church & Dwight.
Summary
Church & Dwight beats Archer-Daniels-Midland on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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