PM vs. CL, KAVL, HAIN, REED, METX, TTCF, AAGRW, AGRIW, BRLSW, and BF-B
Should you be buying Philip Morris International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Philip Morris International include Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Kaival Brands Innovations Group (KAVL), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Reed's (REED), BTC Digital (METX), Tattooed Chef (TTCF), African Agriculture (AAGRW), AgriFORCE Growing Systems (AGRIW), Borealis Foods (BRLSW), and Brown-Forman (BF-B).
Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM) and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Philip Morris International has higher revenue and earnings than Colgate-Palmolive. Philip Morris International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Philip Morris International had 28 more articles in the media than Colgate-Palmolive. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Philip Morris International and 23 mentions for Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate-Palmolive's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Philip Morris International's score of 0.69 indicating that Colgate-Palmolive is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Colgate-Palmolive has a net margin of 11.82% compared to Philip Morris International's net margin of 9.83%. Colgate-Palmolive's return on equity of 509.75% beat Philip Morris International's return on equity.
Philip Morris International received 260 more outperform votes than Colgate-Palmolive when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.37% of users gave Philip Morris International an outperform vote while only 50.29% of users gave Colgate-Palmolive an outperform vote.
Philip Morris International currently has a consensus price target of $105.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.03%. Colgate-Palmolive has a consensus price target of $89.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.66%. Given Philip Morris International's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Philip Morris International is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.
78.6% of Philip Morris International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Philip Morris International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Philip Morris International pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Philip Morris International pays out 101.6% 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 pays out 63.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Philip Morris International has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Colgate-Palmolive beats Philip Morris International on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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