CLX vs. HRL, CELH, MKC, IFF, TSN, CAG, BF.B, CPB, USFD, 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), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), Tyson Foods (TSN), Conagra Brands (CAG), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Campbell Soup (CPB), US Foods (USFD), and J. M. Smucker (SJM). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Clorox (NYSE:CLX) and Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
Clorox presently has a consensus price target of $146.43, indicating a potential upside of 3.72%. Hormel Foods has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.21%. Given Clorox's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Clorox is more favorable than Hormel Foods.
Hormel Foods has a net margin of 6.55% compared to Clorox's net margin of 3.33%. Clorox's return on equity of 302.49% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.
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 40.02% of users gave Clorox an outperform vote.
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.
Clorox pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Clorox pays out 248.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
78.5% of Clorox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Clorox shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Clorox has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Clorox had 43 more articles in the media than Hormel Foods. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Clorox and 8 mentions for Hormel Foods. Clorox's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.16 indicating that Clorox is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Clorox beats Hormel Foods on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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