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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

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

WD-40 has a consensus target price of $290.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.12%. 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
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
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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 out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WD-40 pays out 59.2% 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. Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and WD-40 has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. WD-40 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, WD-40 had 11 more articles in the media than Oil-Dri Corporation Of America. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for WD-40 and 3 mentions for Oil-Dri Corporation Of America. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Oil-Dri Corporation Of America's score of 0.61 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America$437.59M2.06$39.43M$3.4018.07
WD-40$590.56M4.99$69.64M$6.3534.31

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
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America10.44% 21.57% 13.85%
WD-40 14.13%31.23%16.49%

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$915.91M$11.66B$3.25B$20.85B
Dividend Yield0.99%3.41%5.16%3.65%
P/E Ratio18.0720.94101.4426.34
Price / Sales2.066.2730,017,513,221,228,500.0059.22
Price / Cash15.417.5623.8622.29
Price / Book4.251.726.004.66
Net Income$39.43M$507.43M$147.94M$994.58M
7 Day Performance5.40%-1.63%0.41%-0.29%
1 Month Performance9.09%5.49%5.16%4.91%
1 Year Performance283.28%-4.02%25.97%10.53%

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ODC
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America
3.5289 of 5 stars
$61.43
-1.8%
N/A+290.1%$915.91M$437.59M18.07870News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WDFC
WD-40
3.6011 of 5 stars
$226.90
+1.6%
$290.00
+27.8%
-13.0%$3.07B$612.51M35.73580Analyst Revision
CENTA
Central Garden & Pet
2.1559 of 5 stars
$36.52
+2.2%
$33.00
-9.6%
+5.0%$2.39B$3.16B19.537,000News Coverage
SPB
Spectrum Brands
4.1673 of 5 stars
$56.45
-1.9%
$84.17
+49.1%
-33.8%$1.39B$2.93B27.013,100
PG
Procter & Gamble
4.7996 of 5 stars
$153.80
-2.1%
$177.45
+15.4%
-8.1%$360.59B$83.93B24.41108,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
4.5683 of 5 stars
$88.89
-0.8%
$101.13
+13.8%
-12.2%$72.04B$19.95B25.1134,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KMB
Kimberly-Clark
4.9536 of 5 stars
$127.46
-1.5%
$143.50
+12.6%
-10.9%$42.29B$19.75B16.8844,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CHD
Church & Dwight
4.3347 of 5 stars
$97.07
-1.0%
$104.38
+7.5%
-6.4%$23.90B$6.07B41.665,750Analyst Forecast
CLX
Clorox
4.1672 of 5 stars
$127.50
+0.8%
$148.92
+16.8%
-5.6%$15.71B$7.09B22.898,000Analyst Forecast
AVNT
Avient
4.7202 of 5 stars
$33.59
-1.8%
$46.80
+39.3%
-28.8%$3.07B$3.24B31.399,200Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.7928 of 5 stars
$33.14
-1.3%
$45.00
+35.8%
-34.6%$2.56B$3.70B11.121,415News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:ODC) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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