Church & Dwight (CHD) Competitors

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

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%

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IPAR or CHD?

Interparfums has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Church & Dwight has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to IPAR or CHD?

In the previous week, Church & Dwight had 17 more articles in the media than Interparfums. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Church & Dwight and 14 mentions for Interparfums. Church & Dwight's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Interparfums' score of 0.20 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Church & Dwight	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend IPAR or CHD?

Interparfums presently has a consensus target price of $162.00, suggesting a potential upside of 41.18%. Church & Dwight has a consensus target price of $103.94, suggesting a potential upside of 14.09%. Given Interparfums' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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 earnings & valuation, 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	$1.46B	2.53	$164.36M	$4.99	23.00
Church & Dwight	$6.11B	3.63	$585.30M	$2.12	42.97

Summary

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