Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Competitors

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

Is IPAR or KMB a better dividend stock?

Interparfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Interparfums pays out 64.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kimberly-Clark pays out 69.4% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Kimberly-Clark has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years. Kimberly-Clark is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is IPAR or KMB more profitable?

Kimberly-Clark has a net margin of 12.69% compared to Interparfums' net margin of 11.03%. Kimberly-Clark's return on equity of 201.43% beat Interparfums' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Interparfums	11.03%	16.45%	11.14%
Kimberly-Clark	12.69%	201.43%	14.45%

Do analysts recommend IPAR or KMB?

Interparfums currently has a consensus target price of $162.00, suggesting a potential upside of 72.69%. Kimberly-Clark has a consensus target price of $139.78, suggesting a potential upside of 14.26%. Given Interparfums' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Interparfums is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.

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
Kimberly-Clark	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of IPAR or KMB?

55.6% of Interparfums shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by institutional investors. 43.7% of Interparfums shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IPAR or KMB?

Kimberly-Clark has higher revenue and earnings than Interparfums. Kimberly-Clark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Interparfums, 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	2.07	$164.36M	$4.99	18.80
Kimberly-Clark	$19.72B	2.06	$2.55B	$7.26	16.85

Which has more risk & volatility, IPAR or KMB?

Interparfums has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to IPAR or KMB?

In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 20 more articles in the media than Interparfums. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 2 mentions for Interparfums. Kimberly-Clark's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Interparfums' score of -1.04 indicating that Kimberly-Clark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Interparfums	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Kimberly-Clark	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kimberly-Clark beats Interparfums on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.