DNUT vs. ENR, WLYB, WLY, THS, EPC, MGPI, CCU, TR, ARCO, and VSTS
Should you be buying Krispy Kreme stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Krispy Kreme include Energizer (ENR), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), TreeHouse Foods (THS), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), Arcos Dorados (ARCO), and Vestis (VSTS).
Energizer (NYSE:ENR) and Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Krispy Kreme had 32 more articles in the media than Energizer. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Krispy Kreme and 4 mentions for Energizer. Krispy Kreme's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Energizer's score of 0.45 indicating that Energizer is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Energizer pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Krispy Kreme pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Energizer pays out 93.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Krispy Kreme pays out -63.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
93.7% of Energizer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Energizer shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Energizer has higher revenue and earnings than Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energizer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Energizer has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Energizer received 351 more outperform votes than Krispy Kreme when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.10% of users gave Energizer an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave Krispy Kreme an outperform vote.
Energizer has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Energizer's net margin of -2.25%. Krispy Kreme's return on equity of 123.29% beat Energizer's return on equity.
Energizer presently has a consensus target price of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.52%. Krispy Kreme has a consensus target price of $16.06, suggesting a potential upside of 4.60%. Given Krispy Kreme's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energizer is more favorable than Krispy Kreme.
Summary
Energizer beats Krispy Kreme on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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