Spectrum Brands (SPB) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, SPB or WDFC?

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
Spectrum Brands	$2.96B	0.45	$124.80M	$2.68	20.47
WD-40	$590.56M	4.90	$69.64M	$6.35	33.71

Which has more volatility and risk, SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SPB or WDFC more profitable?

WD-40 has a net margin of 14.13% compared to Spectrum Brands' net margin of 2.56%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.23% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spectrum Brands	2.56%	5.27%	2.88%
WD-40	14.13%	31.23%	16.49%

Do analysts recommend SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands presently has a consensus target price of $74.80, indicating a potential upside of 36.37%. WD-40 has a consensus target price of $290.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.48%. Given Spectrum Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than WD-40.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Spectrum Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
WD-40	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media favor SPB or WDFC?

In the previous week, Spectrum Brands and Spectrum Brands both had 12 articles in the media. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Spectrum Brands' score of 1.45 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spectrum Brands	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WD-40	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SPB or WDFC?

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

Is SPB or WDFC a better dividend stock?

Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Spectrum Brands pays out 70.1% 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. Spectrum Brands has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and WD-40 has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Summary

WD-40 beats Spectrum Brands on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.