Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend IPAR or CL?

Interparfums presently has a consensus price target of $162.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.81%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus price target of $98.92, suggesting a potential upside of 17.12%. Given Interparfums' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has better valuation and earnings, IPAR or CL?

Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Interparfums. Interparfums 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
Interparfums	$1.45B	2.54	$164.36M	$4.99	23.06
Colgate-Palmolive	$20.10B	3.40	$2.89B	$3.56	23.72

Is IPAR or CL more profitable?

Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 14.55% compared to Interparfums' net margin of 11.03%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 377.63% beat Interparfums' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interparfums	11.03%	16.45%	11.14%
Colgate-Palmolive	14.55%	377.63%	17.86%

Which has more risk & volatility, IPAR or CL?

Interparfums has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IPAR or CL a better dividend stock?

Interparfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Interparfums pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 58.4% 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 Colgate-Palmolive has raised its dividend for 63 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer IPAR or CL?

In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 31 more articles in the media than Interparfums. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 14 mentions for Interparfums. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Interparfums' score of 0.19 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive 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)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Colgate-Palmolive	37 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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. 43.7% of Interparfums shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Colgate-Palmolive beats Interparfums on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.