Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Competitors

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.

Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $5.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kimberly-Clark pays out 80.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimberly-Clark has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years and Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 63 consecutive years. Kimberly-Clark is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Kimberly-Clark presently has a consensus price target of $116.14, suggesting a potential upside of 5.41%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus price target of $96.29, suggesting a potential upside of 3.38%. Given Kimberly-Clark's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Kimberly-Clark is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.

Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.26, meaning that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the broader market.

76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive 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.

Kimberly-Clark has a net margin of 12.80% compared to Colgate-Palmolive's net margin of 10.04%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 386.76% beat Kimberly-Clark's return on equity.

In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 4 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 12 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Kimberly-Clark's score of 1.13 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Mondelez International has higher revenue and earnings than Colgate-Palmolive. Mondelez International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mondelez International pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mondelez International pays out 99.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Colgate-Palmolive has raised its dividend for 63 consecutive years and Mondelez International has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 10.04% compared to Mondelez International's net margin of 6.64%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 386.76% beat Mondelez International's return on equity.

Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mondelez International has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Mondelez International had 2 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Mondelez International and 12 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Mondelez International's score of 1.08 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Colgate-Palmolive currently has a consensus price target of $96.29, suggesting a potential upside of 3.38%. Mondelez International has a consensus price target of $67.05, suggesting a potential upside of 12.02%. Given Mondelez International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mondelez International is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.

80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Mondelez International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Mondelez International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Church & Dwight shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the broader market.

Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Church & Dwight. Church & Dwight is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Church & Dwight presently has a consensus price target of $102.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.90%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus price target of $96.29, suggesting a potential upside of 3.38%. Given Church & Dwight's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Church & Dwight is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.

Church & Dwight pays an annual dividend of $1.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Church & Dwight pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Church & Dwight has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years and Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 63 consecutive years. Colgate-Palmolive is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Church & Dwight has a net margin of 11.81% compared to Colgate-Palmolive's net margin of 10.04%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 386.76% beat Church & Dwight's return on equity.

In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 4 more articles in the media than Church & Dwight. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 8 mentions for Church & Dwight. Church & Dwight's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Colgate-Palmolive's score of 1.53 indicating that Church & Dwight is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Clorox has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the broader market.

80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Clorox shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Clorox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Colgate-Palmolive presently has a consensus target price of $96.29, indicating a potential upside of 3.38%. Clorox has a consensus target price of $103.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.74%. Given Clorox's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clorox is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.

Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Clorox pays an annual dividend of $4.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 82.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Clorox pays out 80.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 63 consecutive years and Clorox has increased its dividend for 47 consecutive years. Clorox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Clorox had 3 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Clorox and 12 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Clorox's score of 0.53 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Clorox has a net margin of 11.18% compared to Colgate-Palmolive's net margin of 10.04%. Clorox's return on equity of 443.64% beat Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity.

Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Clorox. Clorox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.