PG vs. PEP, TSLA, BRK.B, CHD, CL, CLX, KMB, KO, TGT, and WMT
Should you be buying Procter & Gamble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Procter & Gamble include PepsiCo (PEP), Tesla (TSLA), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Church & Dwight (CHD), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Clorox (CLX), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), CocaCola (KO), Target (TGT), and Walmart (WMT).
Procter & Gamble vs. Its Competitors
PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 18.95% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 8.23%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 57.81% beat Procter & Gamble's return on equity.
PepsiCo has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PepsiCo had 5 more articles in the media than Procter & Gamble. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for PepsiCo and 77 mentions for Procter & Gamble. Procter & Gamble's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat PepsiCo's score of 1.25 indicating that Procter & Gamble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Procter & Gamble has lower revenue, but higher earnings than PepsiCo. Procter & Gamble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PepsiCo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PepsiCo presently has a consensus price target of $158.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.31%. Procter & Gamble has a consensus price target of $175.12, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. Given PepsiCo's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PepsiCo is more favorable than Procter & Gamble.
PepsiCo pays an annual dividend of $5.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. PepsiCo pays out 103.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PepsiCo has increased its dividend for 54 consecutive years and Procter & Gamble has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats PepsiCo on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PG) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
