KMB vs. CL, CHD, CLX, WDFC, CENTA, SPB, ODC, PG, AVY, and PACK
Should you be buying Kimberly-Clark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimberly-Clark include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Avery Dennison (AVY), and Ranpak (PACK).
Kimberly-Clark vs.
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.
Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $5.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kimberly-Clark pays out 68.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 58.8% 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. Kimberly-Clark has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years and Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 63 consecutive years.
Kimberly-Clark presently has a consensus target price of $145.08, suggesting a potential upside of 9.05%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus target price of $102.12, suggesting a potential upside of 11.10%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Colgate-Palmolive is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.
Colgate-Palmolive received 12 more outperform votes than Kimberly-Clark when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.72% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote while only 49.55% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote.
Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Kimberly-Clark. Kimberly-Clark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 26 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 20 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Kimberly-Clark's score of 0.81 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 14.38% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 12.69%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 477.77% beat Kimberly-Clark's return on equity.
Summary
Colgate-Palmolive beats Kimberly-Clark on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KMB) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
