CLX vs. MKC, TSN, CHD, CAG, HRL, IFF, SJM, K, CPB, and CHWY
Should you be buying Clorox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clorox include McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Tyson Foods (TSN), Church & Dwight (CHD), Conagra Brands (CAG), Hormel Foods (HRL), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), J. M. Smucker (SJM), Kellogg (K), Campbell Soup (CPB), and Chewy (CHWY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Clorox vs.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC) and Clorox (NYSE:CLX) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
79.2% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Clorox shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of McCormick & Company, Incorporated shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Clorox shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clorox has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, McCormick & Company, Incorporated had 18 more articles in the media than Clorox. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for McCormick & Company, Incorporated and 10 mentions for Clorox. McCormick & Company, Incorporated's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Clorox's score of 0.49 indicating that McCormick & Company, Incorporated is being referred to more favorably in the media.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated presently has a consensus target price of $79.56, indicating a potential downside of 2.47%. Clorox has a consensus target price of $142.27, indicating a potential downside of 9.02%. Given McCormick & Company, Incorporated's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe McCormick & Company, Incorporated is more favorable than Clorox.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Clorox. McCormick & Company, Incorporated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clorox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Clorox pays an annual dividend of $4.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. McCormick & Company, Incorporated pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clorox pays out 134.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. McCormick & Company, Incorporated has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years and Clorox has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has a net margin of 10.74% compared to Clorox's net margin of 6.16%. Clorox's return on equity of 89.97% beat McCormick & Company, Incorporated's return on equity.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated received 107 more outperform votes than Clorox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.48% of users gave McCormick & Company, Incorporated an outperform vote while only 42.23% of users gave Clorox an outperform vote.
Summary
McCormick & Company, Incorporated beats Clorox on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CLX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
