KMB vs. KDP, EL, STZ, KHC, HSY, CTVA, GIS, ABEV, KVUE, and SYY
Should you be buying Kimberly-Clark stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kimberly-Clark include Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Constellation Brands (STZ), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Hershey (HSY), Corteva (CTVA), General Mills (GIS), Ambev (ABEV), Kenvue (KVUE), and Sysco (SYY). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) and Kimberly-Clark (NYSE:KMB) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Keurig Dr Pepper pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Kimberly-Clark pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Keurig Dr Pepper pays out 55.5% 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. Keurig Dr Pepper has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Kimberly-Clark has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Kimberly-Clark is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Keurig Dr Pepper currently has a consensus target price of $36.64, indicating a potential upside of 8.71%. Kimberly-Clark has a consensus target price of $134.85, indicating a potential downside of 0.80%. Given Kimberly-Clark's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Keurig Dr Pepper is more favorable than Kimberly-Clark.
Keurig Dr Pepper has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimberly-Clark has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Keurig Dr Pepper has a net margin of 14.52% compared to Keurig Dr Pepper's net margin of 9.05%. Keurig Dr Pepper's return on equity of 250.28% beat Kimberly-Clark's return on equity.
Kimberly-Clark received 507 more outperform votes than Keurig Dr Pepper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 49.72% of users gave Kimberly-Clark an outperform vote while only 34.33% of users gave Keurig Dr Pepper an outperform vote.
Keurig Dr Pepper has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kimberly-Clark. Keurig Dr Pepper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimberly-Clark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
85.2% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Keurig Dr Pepper shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Kimberly-Clark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kimberly-Clark had 12 more articles in the media than Keurig Dr Pepper. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Kimberly-Clark and 14 mentions for Keurig Dr Pepper. Kimberly-Clark's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Keurig Dr Pepper's score of 0.63 indicating that Keurig Dr Pepper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Keurig Dr Pepper beats Kimberly-Clark on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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