CL vs. KMB, CHD, CLX, WDFC, SPB, CENTA, ODC, PG, EL, and HLN
Should you be buying Colgate-Palmolive stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Colgate-Palmolive include Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), and Haleon (HLN).
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 1 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 9 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Kimberly-Clark's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Colgate-Palmolive's score of 1.08 indicating that Kimberly-Clark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Colgate-Palmolive has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kimberly-Clark. Kimberly-Clark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 13.22% compared to Kimberly-Clark's net margin of 9.05%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 485.40% beat Kimberly-Clark's return on equity.
Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kimberly-Clark pays out 89.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Colgate-Palmolive presently has a consensus target price of $92.94, indicating a potential downside of 0.02%. Kimberly-Clark has a consensus target price of $134.85, indicating a potential upside of 1.16%. Given Kimberly-Clark's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kimberly-Clark is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.
Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kimberly-Clark received 3 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.33% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote while only 49.86% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote.
80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Colgate-Palmolive beats Kimberly-Clark on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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