Spectrum Brands (SPB) Competitors

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

Is SPB or WDFC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Spectrum Brands	4.01%	6.44%	3.43%
WD-40	11.78%	31.68%	15.93%

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 3.0%. WD-40 pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Spectrum Brands pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WD-40 pays out 60.0% 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. WD-40 has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Spectrum Brands is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands received 285 more outperform votes than WD-40 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.38% of users gave Spectrum Brands an outperform vote while only 53.60% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Spectrum Brands	Outperform Votes 568 70.38%	Underperform Votes 239 29.62%
WD-40	Outperform Votes 283 53.60%	Underperform Votes 245 46.40%

Which has better valuation and 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	$2.97B	0.55	$124.80M	$4.07	15.32
WD-40	$610.64M	5.04	$69.64M	$6.27	36.23

Does the media refer more to SPB or WDFC?

In the previous week, Spectrum Brands had 2 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Spectrum Brands and 7 mentions for WD-40. Spectrum Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat WD-40's score of 1.13 indicating that Spectrum Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Spectrum Brands	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WD-40	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WD-40 has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SPB or WDFC?

Spectrum Brands currently has a consensus price target of $95.43, indicating a potential upside of 53.03%. WD-40 has a consensus price target of $301.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.49%. Given Spectrum Brands' higher probable upside, research 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
WD-40	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

91.5% of WD-40 shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Spectrum Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of WD-40 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Spectrum Brands beats WD-40 on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.