Church & Dwight (CHD) Competitors

Interparfums (NASDAQ:IPAR) and Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

Is IPAR or CHD more profitable?

Interparfums has a net margin of 11.03% compared to Church & Dwight's net margin of 8.66%. Church & Dwight's return on equity of 19.27% beat Interparfums' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interparfums	11.03%	16.45%	11.14%
Church & Dwight	8.66%	19.27%	9.55%

Which has more volatility and risk, IPAR or CHD?

Interparfums has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IPAR or CHD?

55.6% of Interparfums shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.7% of Interparfums shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is IPAR or CHD a better dividend stock?

Interparfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Interparfums pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Church & Dwight pays out 55.7% 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. Interparfums has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Church & Dwight has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to IPAR or CHD?

In the previous week, Church & Dwight had 6 more articles in the media than Interparfums. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Church & Dwight and 13 mentions for Interparfums. Church & Dwight's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Interparfums' score of 1.30 indicating that Church & Dwight is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interparfums	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Church & Dwight	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer IPAR or CHD?

Interparfums currently has a consensus target price of $162.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.94%. Church & Dwight has a consensus target price of $103.94, suggesting a potential upside of 11.52%. Given Interparfums' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Interparfums is more favorable than Church & Dwight.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Interparfums	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Church & Dwight	4 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IPAR or CHD?

Church & Dwight has higher revenue and earnings than Interparfums. Interparfums is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Church & Dwight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Interparfums	$1.45B	2.54	$164.36M	$4.99	23.03
Church & Dwight	$6.11B	3.72	$585.30M	$2.12	43.96

Summary

Church & Dwight beats Interparfums on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.