Spectrum Brands (SPB) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, WDFC or SPB?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
WD-40	$612.51M	4.79	$69.64M	$6.35	34.15
Spectrum Brands	$2.93B	0.50	$124.80M	$2.09	28.54

Do analysts prefer WDFC or SPB?

WD-40 presently has a consensus price target of $290.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.71%. Spectrum Brands has a consensus price target of $84.17, suggesting a potential upside of 41.11%. Given Spectrum Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than WD-40.

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
Spectrum Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is WDFC or SPB a better dividend stock?

WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. WD-40 pays out 59.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spectrum Brands pays out 90.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WD-40 has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Spectrum Brands has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is WDFC or SPB more profitable?

WD-40 has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Spectrum Brands' net margin of 2.02%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.23% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WD-40	14.13%	31.23%	16.49%
Spectrum Brands	2.02%	5.20%	2.87%

Does the media prefer WDFC or SPB?

In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 1 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 5 mentions for WD-40. Spectrum Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat WD-40's score of 1.02 indicating that Spectrum Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WD-40	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Spectrum Brands	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WDFC or SPB?

91.5% of WD-40 shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of WD-40 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Spectrum Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, WDFC or SPB?

WD-40 has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its stock price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spectrum Brands has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Spectrum Brands beats WD-40 on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.