Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Competitors

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

Is IPAR or CL a better dividend stock?

Interparfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 63 consecutive years.

Which has more risk and volatility, IPAR or CL?

Interparfums has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate IPAR or CL?

Interparfums presently has a consensus target price of $162.00, indicating a potential upside of 72.47%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus target price of $92.21, indicating a potential upside of 19.52%. Given Interparfums' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Colgate-Palmolive	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

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%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IPAR or CL?

55.6% of Interparfums shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.7% of Interparfums shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & 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	2.08	$164.36M	$4.99	18.82
Colgate-Palmolive	$20.10B	3.10	$2.89B	$3.56	21.67

Does the media prefer IPAR or CL?

In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 26 more articles in the media than Interparfums. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 7 mentions for Interparfums. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Interparfums' score of 0.83 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Colgate-Palmolive	21 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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