ODC vs. PG, CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, WDFC, SPB, CENTA, ARRY, and DAKT
Should you be buying Oil-Dri Co. of America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oil-Dri Co. of America include Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Array Technologies (ARRY), and Daktronics (DAKT).
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) and Oil-Dri Co. of America (NYSE:ODC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Procter & Gamble received 747 more outperform votes than Oil-Dri Co. of America when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.43% of users gave Oil-Dri Co. of America an outperform vote while only 61.38% of users gave Procter & Gamble an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Procter & Gamble had 18 more articles in the media than Oil-Dri Co. of America. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Procter & Gamble and 5 mentions for Oil-Dri Co. of America. Oil-Dri Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Procter & Gamble's score of -0.13 indicating that Procter & Gamble is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Procter & Gamble has higher revenue and earnings than Oil-Dri Co. of America. Oil-Dri Co. of America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Procter & Gamble, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.8% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Procter & Gamble shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Oil-Dri Co. of America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Procter & Gamble presently has a consensus target price of $169.76, indicating a potential upside of 3.18%. Given Oil-Dri Co. of America's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Procter & Gamble is more favorable than Oil-Dri Co. of America.
Procter & Gamble pays an annual dividend of $4.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Oil-Dri Co. of America pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Procter & Gamble pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oil-Dri Co. of America pays out 19.0% 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. Procter & Gamble has increased its dividend for 69 consecutive years and Oil-Dri Co. of America has increased its dividend for 10 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 10.14%. Oil-Dri Co. of America's return on equity of 33.91% beat Procter & Gamble's return on equity.
Procter & Gamble has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil-Dri Co. of America has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Procter & Gamble beats Oil-Dri Co. of America on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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