CLX vs. KMB, CHD, WDFC, SPB, CENTA, ODC, PG, CL, MNST, and STZ
Should you be buying Clorox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clorox include Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Monster Beverage (MNST), and Constellation Brands (STZ).
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) and Clorox (NYSE:CLX) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Kimberly-Clark has higher revenue and earnings than Clorox. Kimberly-Clark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clorox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Clorox pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Kimberly-Clark pays out 89.7% 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 248.7% 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 53 consecutive years and Clorox has increased its dividend for 46 consecutive years.
Kimberly-Clark has a net margin of 11.28% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 3.33%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 302.49% beat Clorox's return on equity.
Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clorox has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 39 more articles in the media than Clorox. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 20 mentions for Clorox. Clorox's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Kimberly-Clark's score of 0.36 indicating that Kimberly-Clark is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kimberly-Clark currently has a consensus price target of $145.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.72%. Clorox has a consensus price target of $142.13, suggesting a potential upside of 5.59%. Given Kimberly-Clark's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Clorox is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.
Kimberly-Clark received 189 more outperform votes than Clorox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.09% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote while only 39.71% of users gave Clorox an outperform vote.
76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Clorox shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Clorox shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kimberly-Clark beats Clorox on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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