CENTA vs. WDFC, SPB, ODC, PG, CL, KMB, CHD, CLX, CENT, and VSTS
Should you be buying Central Garden & Pet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Garden & Pet include WD-40 (WDFC), Spectrum Brands (SPB), Oil-Dri Co. of America (ODC), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Church & Dwight (CHD), Clorox (CLX), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), and Vestis (VSTS).
WD-40 (NASDAQ:WDFC) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
WD-40 currently has a consensus price target of $313.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.30%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus price target of $41.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.78%. Given Central Garden & Pet's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WD-40 is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.
In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 11 more articles in the media than WD-40. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 2 mentions for WD-40. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat WD-40's score of 0.25 indicating that WD-40 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
WD-40 received 95 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.96% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 53.08% of users gave WD-40 an outperform vote.
WD-40 has a beta of -0.02, meaning that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.5% of WD-40 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of WD-40 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Central Garden & Pet has higher revenue and earnings than WD-40. Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WD-40, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WD-40 has a net margin of 12.19% compared to WD-40's net margin of 4.49%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 32.30% beat WD-40's return on equity.
Summary
WD-40 beats Central Garden & Pet on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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