Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Competitors

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CL or KMB?

80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Kimberly-Clark. Kimberly-Clark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, 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
Colgate-Palmolive	$19.95B	3.74	$2.89B	$3.54	25.98
Kimberly-Clark	$19.75B	2.38	$2.55B	$7.34	19.29

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive received 12 more outperform votes than Kimberly-Clark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.72% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote while only 49.55% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Colgate-Palmolive	Outperform Votes 566 50.72%	Underperform Votes 550 49.28%
Kimberly-Clark	Outperform Votes 554 49.55%	Underperform Votes 564 50.45%

Is CL or KMB a better dividend stock?

Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kimberly-Clark pays out 68.7% 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. Colgate-Palmolive has raised its dividend for 63 consecutive years and Kimberly-Clark has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend CL or KMB?

Colgate-Palmolive currently has a consensus target price of $102.12, suggesting a potential upside of 11.05%. Kimberly-Clark has a consensus target price of $145.08, suggesting a potential upside of 2.46%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colgate-Palmolive	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Kimberly-Clark	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15

Is CL or KMB more profitable?

Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 14.38% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 12.69%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 477.77% beat Kimberly-Clark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colgate-Palmolive	14.38%	477.77%	17.98%
Kimberly-Clark	12.69%	201.43%	14.45%

Does the media prefer CL or KMB?

In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 12 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 27 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Kimberly-Clark's score of 1.06 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Colgate-Palmolive	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kimberly-Clark	24 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Colgate-Palmolive beats Kimberly-Clark on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.