Church & Dwight (CHD) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in IPAR or CHD?

55.6% of Interparfums shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are held by institutional investors. 43.7% of Interparfums shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Church & Dwight shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer IPAR or CHD?

Interparfums presently has a consensus price target of $162.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.87%. Church & Dwight has a consensus price target of $103.94, suggesting a potential upside of 19.24%. Given Interparfums' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

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 stronger valuation & 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	$1.46B	2.24	$164.36M	$4.99	20.43
Church & Dwight	$6.07B	3.50	$585.30M	$2.12	41.12

Is IPAR or CHD a better dividend stock?

Interparfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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 favor IPAR or CHD?

In the previous week, Church & Dwight had 14 more articles in the media than Interparfums. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Church & Dwight and 1 mentions for Interparfums. Interparfums' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Church & Dwight's score of 1.07 indicating that Interparfums is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interparfums	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Church & Dwight	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, IPAR or CHD?

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

Summary

Church & Dwight beats Interparfums on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.