Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Competitors

Interparfums (NASDAQ:IPAR) and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, IPAR or CL?

Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Interparfums. Colgate-Palmolive is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interparfums, 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	2.93	$164.36M	$5.14	25.81
Colgate-Palmolive	$20.10B	3.57	$2.89B	$3.54	25.05

Do analysts rate IPAR or CL?

Interparfums currently has a consensus target price of $162.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.13%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus target price of $100.64, indicating a potential upside of 13.51%. Given Interparfums' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Interparfums is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.

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
Colgate-Palmolive	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.35

Is IPAR or CL a better dividend stock?

Interparfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Interparfums pays out 62.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 58.8% 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 Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 63 consecutive years.

Is IPAR or CL more profitable?

Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 14.52% compared to Interparfums' net margin of 11.30%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 461.04% beat Interparfums' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interparfums	11.30%	17.62%	11.86%
Colgate-Palmolive	14.52%	461.04%	18.14%

Which has more volatility and risk, IPAR or CL?

Interparfums has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in IPAR or CL?

55.6% of Interparfums shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by institutional investors. 43.9% of Interparfums shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held 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.

Does the media favor IPAR or CL?

In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 23 more articles in the media than Interparfums. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 7 mentions for Interparfums. Interparfums' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Colgate-Palmolive's score of 1.24 indicating that Interparfums is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interparfums	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Colgate-Palmolive	25 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Colgate-Palmolive beats Interparfums on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.