Kimberly-Clark (KMB) Competitors

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

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 price target of $162.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.85%. Kimberly-Clark has a consensus price target of $142.70, indicating a potential upside of 6.76%. 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kimberly-Clark	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	2.56	$164.36M	$4.99	23.21
Kimberly-Clark	$19.72B	2.25	$2.55B	$7.26	18.41

Is IPAR or KMB a better dividend stock?

Interparfums pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in IPAR or KMB?

55.6% of Interparfums shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.7% of Interparfums shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, IPAR or KMB?

Interparfums has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor IPAR or KMB?

In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 9 more articles in the media than Interparfums. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 14 mentions for Interparfums. Kimberly-Clark's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Interparfums' score of 0.77 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kimberly-Clark	23 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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