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ODC vs. WDFC, CENTA, SPB, PG, CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, AVNT, and MEOH

Should you be buying Oil-Dri Corporation Of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America include WD-40 (WDFC), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), Avient (AVNT), and Methanex (MEOH).

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America vs. Its Competitors

WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC) are both household products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

WD-40 has higher revenue and earnings than Oil-Dri Corporation Of America. Oil-Dri Corporation Of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WD-40$612.51M4.84$69.64M$6.3534.52
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America$437.59M1.93$39.43M$3.4016.93

WD-40 currently has a consensus target price of $290.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.28%. Given WD-40's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WD-40 is more favorable than Oil-Dri Corporation Of America.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WD-40
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

WD-40 has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Oil-Dri Corporation Of America's net margin of 10.44%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.23% beat Oil-Dri Corporation Of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WD-4014.13% 31.23% 16.49%
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America 10.44%21.57%13.85%

91.5% of WD-40 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of WD-40 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, WD-40 had 2 more articles in the media than Oil-Dri Corporation Of America. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for WD-40 and 4 mentions for Oil-Dri Corporation Of America. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Oil-Dri Corporation Of America's score of 1.29 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WD-40
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

WD-40 has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Oil-Dri Corporation Of America pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. WD-40 pays out 59.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oil-Dri Corporation Of America pays out 18.2% 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. WD-40 has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. WD-40 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

WD-40 beats Oil-Dri Corporation Of America on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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ODC vs. The Competition

MetricOil-Dri Corporation Of AmericaCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$843.35M$11.30B$3.30B$20.70B
Dividend Yield1.08%3.96%5.18%3.69%
P/E Ratio16.9425.07111.2528.60
Price / Sales1.935.4935,179,415,501,968,700.0066.95
Price / Cash14.197.0523.9223.59
Price / Book3.981.716.024.31
Net Income$39.43M$507.50M$148.72M$995.66M
7 Day Performance2.46%1.69%3.72%2.05%
1 Month Performance-0.35%-6.27%4.62%-0.43%
1 Year Performance259.97%-0.79%37.22%14.85%

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ODC
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America
3.412 of 5 stars
$57.56
+1.6%
N/A+257.9%$843.35M$437.59M16.94870Positive News
WDFC
WD-40
4.0096 of 5 stars
$214.67
-0.2%
$290.00
+35.1%
-11.7%$2.91B$590.56M33.81580Positive News
CENTA
Central Garden & Pet
2.804 of 5 stars
$35.77
+1.5%
$33.00
-7.7%
-2.9%$2.31B$3.20B19.137,000News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SPB
Spectrum Brands
4.1036 of 5 stars
$52.98
+0.9%
$84.17
+58.9%
-30.5%$1.29B$2.96B25.353,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
PG
Procter & Gamble
4.8198 of 5 stars
$150.80
+0.1%
$175.88
+16.6%
-9.8%$353.21B$84.28B23.16108,000Positive News
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
4.7763 of 5 stars
$83.33
-0.2%
$98.92
+18.7%
-17.4%$67.68B$20.00B23.4134,000Positive News
Earnings Report
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.1369 of 5 stars
$133.14
+1.9%
$142.70
+7.2%
-2.3%$44.18B$19.75B17.6344,000Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
CHD
Church & Dwight
4.7825 of 5 stars
$91.54
-2.6%
$103.94
+13.5%
-8.9%$23.15B$6.11B43.185,750Earnings Report
Insider Trade
CLX
Clorox
4.6617 of 5 stars
$124.17
+0.9%
$143.36
+15.5%
-12.3%$15.17B$7.10B19.048,000
AVNT
Avient
4.5982 of 5 stars
$33.97
+0.5%
$45.60
+34.2%
-23.8%$3.09B$3.24B26.549,200Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
MEOH
Methanex
4.7162 of 5 stars
$33.11
-0.1%
$45.25
+36.7%
-20.0%$2.56B$3.58B9.771,415Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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