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Clorox - CLX Competitors

$156.38
-0.21 (-0.13%)
(As of 03/29/2023 12:09 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$156.15
$157.11
50-Day Range
$139.79
$157.76
52-Week Range
$120.50
$160.59
Volume
288,554 shs
Average Volume
1.19 million shs
Market Capitalization
$19.32 billion
P/E Ratio
44.68
Dividend Yield
3.02%
Price Target
$141.00

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Clorox
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Clorox
7 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.54

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
McCormick & Company, Incorporated$6.35 billion3.44$682 million$2.5232.37
Clorox$7.11 billion2.72$462 million$3.5044.68

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
McCormick & Company, Incorporated 10.74% 14.76% 5.26%
Clorox 6.16% 89.97% 8.36%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
McCormick & Company, IncorporatedOutperform Votes
455
59.48%
Underperform Votes
310
40.52%
CloroxOutperform Votes
348
42.23%
Underperform Votes
476
57.77%

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.
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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.
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CLX vs. The Competition

MetricCloroxPolishes & sanitation goods IndustryStaples SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.32B$10.96B$15.69B$14.39B
Dividend Yield3.00%3.00%2.91%3.92%
P/E Ratio44.6814.9119.5319.43
Price / Sales2.721.83106.1510.76
Price / Cash26.5117.9817.8216.39
Price / Book26.4215.145.486.81
Net Income$462M$146.35M$691.98M$866.29M
7 Day Performance1.13%0.91%1.09%2.13%
1 Month Performance0.60%18.47%-3.56%-5.61%
1 Year Performance11.95%6.70%-10.40%-14.74%

Clorox Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MKC
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
2.4351 of 5 stars
$72.11
-0.9%
$79.38
+10.1%
-16.8%$19.52B$6.35B28.6214,200Earnings Report
Analyst Report
Options Volume
News Coverage
TSN
Tyson Foods
2.7369 of 5 stars
$57.20
-1.8%
$68.00
+18.9%
-33.3%$20.34B$53.28B8.50142,000Short Interest ↓
CHD
Church & Dwight
2.5831 of 5 stars
$84.23
-0.4%
$87.88
+4.3%
-12.9%$20.56B$5.38B50.145,250Short Interest ↑
CAG
Conagra Brands
2.596 of 5 stars
$36.32
-0.3%
$40.73
+12.1%
+13.6%$17.36B$12.04B25.7618,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
HRL
Hormel Foods
2.3079 of 5 stars
$38.18
-0.9%
$44.71
+17.1%
-22.3%$20.87B$12.46B21.3320,000Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
3.0457 of 5 stars
$83.03
-1.9%
$117.31
+41.3%
-31.7%$21.18B$12.44B-11.503,200Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
SJM
J. M. Smucker
2.1083 of 5 stars
$151.97
-1.4%
$150.30
-1.1%
+16.8%$16.21B$8.00B22.896,700Analyst Upgrade
Insider Selling
K
Kellogg
2.0848 of 5 stars
$64.49
-1.0%
$71.78
+11.3%
+5.3%$22.04B$15.32B23.1130,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
CPB
Campbell Soup
1.9469 of 5 stars
$53.59
-0.9%
$51.33
-4.2%
+24.0%$16.05B$8.56B19.8514,700
CHWY
Chewy
2.111 of 5 stars
$37.76
-5.3%
$45.10
+19.4%
-27.2%$15.99B$8.89B-755.0521,300Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
This page (NYSE:CLX) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff