CLX vs. HRL, CELH, MKC, CAG, TSN, IFF, TAP, CPB, BF.B, and SJM
Should you be buying Clorox stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Clorox include Hormel Foods (HRL), Celsius (CELH), McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC), Conagra Brands (CAG), Tyson Foods (TSN), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Molson Coors Beverage (TAP), Campbell Soup (CPB), Brown-Forman (BF.B), and J. M. Smucker (SJM). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) and Clorox (NYSE:CLX) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Hormel Foods received 93 more outperform votes than Clorox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.73% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote while only 40.30% of users gave Clorox an outperform vote.
Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clorox has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Clorox. Hormel Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clorox, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hormel Foods has a net margin of 6.55% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 1.09%. Hormel Foods' return on equity of 319.41% beat Clorox's return on equity.
Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Clorox pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Hormel Foods pays out 77.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Clorox pays out 761.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hormel Foods has increased its dividend for 59 consecutive years and Clorox has increased its dividend for 46 consecutive years.
Hormel Foods presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.23%. Clorox has a consensus price target of $148.63, indicating a potential upside of 1.46%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Clorox is more favorable than Hormel Foods.
In the previous week, Clorox had 7 more articles in the media than Hormel Foods. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Clorox and 9 mentions for Hormel Foods. Clorox's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.66 indicating that Hormel Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Clorox shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Clorox shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Hormel Foods and Clorox tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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