PG vs. CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, WDFC, SPB, CENTA, ODC, UL, and ECL
Should you be buying Procter & Gamble stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Procter & Gamble include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Unilever (UL), and Ecolab (ECL).
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.8% 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. Colgate-Palmolive has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years and Procter & Gamble has increased its dividend for 69 consecutive years. Procter & Gamble is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Procter & Gamble has a net margin of 18.00% compared to Procter & Gamble's net margin of 13.22%. Procter & Gamble's return on equity of 485.40% beat Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity.
Procter & Gamble received 378 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.45% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote while only 50.47% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.
Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Colgate-Palmolive had 4 more articles in the media than Procter & Gamble. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive and 40 mentions for Procter & Gamble. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Procter & Gamble's score of 0.45 indicating that Procter & Gamble is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Colgate-Palmolive. Procter & Gamble is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Colgate-Palmolive presently has a consensus price target of $98.58, indicating a potential downside of 0.83%. Procter & Gamble has a consensus price target of $174.29, indicating a potential upside of 3.04%. Given Colgate-Palmolive's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Colgate-Palmolive on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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