SPB vs. LEG, CENTA, ATAT, STRA, CMPR, TGNA, CUK, LRN, MANU, and PENN
Should you be buying Spectrum Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spectrum Brands include Leggett & Platt (LEG), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Atour Lifestyle (ATAT), Strategic Education (STRA), Cimpress (CMPR), TEGNA (TGNA), Carnival Co. & (CUK), Stride (LRN), Manchester United (MANU), and PENN Entertainment (PENN). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) and Leggett & Platt (NYSE:LEG) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Spectrum Brands presently has a consensus target price of $89.17, suggesting a potential upside of 7.96%. Leggett & Platt has a consensus target price of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.50%. Given Spectrum Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than Leggett & Platt.
Spectrum Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Leggett & Platt. Leggett & Platt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spectrum Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Leggett & Platt had 1 more articles in the media than Spectrum Brands. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Leggett & Platt and 3 mentions for Spectrum Brands. Spectrum Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Leggett & Platt's score of 0.40 indicating that Spectrum Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
64.2% of Leggett & Platt shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Spectrum Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Leggett & Platt 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.
Spectrum Brands received 229 more outperform votes than Leggett & Platt when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.99% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 57.12% of users gave Leggett & Platt an outperform vote.
Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leggett & Platt has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Spectrum Brands has a net margin of 63.89% compared to Leggett & Platt's net margin of -2.90%. Leggett & Platt's return on equity of 11.99% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.
Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Leggett & Platt pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Spectrum Brands pays out 3.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Leggett & Platt pays out -184.0% 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. Leggett & Platt is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Spectrum Brands beats Leggett & Platt on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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