SPB vs. WDFC, CENTA, ODC, PG, CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, NOVT, and ENS
Should you be buying Spectrum Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Spectrum Brands include WD-40 (WDFC), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), Novanta (NOVT), and EnerSys (ENS).
Spectrum Brands vs.
Spectrum Brands (NYSE:SPB) and WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its share price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
91.5% of WD-40 shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 13 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 7 mentions for WD-40. WD-40's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Spectrum Brands' score of 0.95 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Spectrum Brands pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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 pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Spectrum Brands has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and WD-40 has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years.
Spectrum Brands presently has a consensus target price of $89.17, indicating a potential upside of 39.37%. WD-40 has a consensus target price of $301.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.05%. Given Spectrum Brands' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Spectrum Brands is more favorable than WD-40.
WD-40 has a net margin of 11.78% compared to Spectrum Brands' net margin of 4.01%. WD-40's return on equity of 31.68% beat Spectrum Brands' return on equity.
Spectrum Brands received 287 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.46% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 53.60% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.
Summary
WD-40 beats Spectrum Brands on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SPB) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
