When researching companies I often like to lay out information from similar companies in a side by side comparison to see what interesting information I can discover. When I do I push away all the opinions and simply look at the few fundamentals I'm interested in for insight. Next I look at the stock chart of each of the companies and see what insight I can gather from the price action and the momentum indicators I follow. This process provides me with a simple and clear comparison among the companies and I get to accurately see just how they stack up against one another. In the past I've found this to be a very useful exercise. Hopefully this will make me a better investor.
| Proctor and Gamble | Colgate Palmolive | Kimberly Clark |
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| 9 June 2014 Price $80.09 1yr Target $87.32 Analysts 19 1yr Cap Gain 9.03% Dividend $2.57 Yield 3.21% 1yr Tot Return 12.24% 3yr EarnGR -2.05% 5yr EarnGR 1.18% 3yr DivGR 7.94% 5yr DivGR 9.11% Payout Ratio 64% Beta .42 EPS (ttm) $3.75 EPS next yr $4.52 P/E 21.59 PEG 2.58 Debt/Equity 0.53 ROA 7.50% ROE 15.80% | 9 June 2014 Price $68.44 1yr Target $68.75 Analysts 20 1yr Cap Gain 0.45% Dividend $1.44 Yield 2.10% 1yr Tot Return 2.55% 3yr EarnGR 3.41% 5yr EarnGR 5.39% 3yr DivGR 8.57% 5yr DivGR 11.19% Payout Ratio 62% Beta .43 EPS (ttm) $2.32 EPS next yr $3.30 P/E 29.50 PEG 3.31 Debt/Equity 4.09 ROA 15.70% ROE 119.70% | 9 June 2014 Price $111.98 1yr Target $109.13 Analysts 15 1yr Cap Gain -2.55% Dividend $3.36 Yield 3.00% 1yr Tot Return 0.45% 3yr EarnGR 7.43% 5yr EarnGR 6.48% 3yr DivGR 6.99% 5yr DivGR 6.90% Payout Ratio 60% Beta .23 EPS (ttm) $5.58 EPS next yr $6.60 P/E 20.07 PEG 2.91 Debt/Equity 1.48 ROA 11.20% ROE 46.30% |
| The Procter & Gamble Company (PG), together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells branded consumer packaged goods. The company operates through five segments: Beauty, Grooming, Health Care, Fabric Care and Home Care, and Baby Care and Family Care. The Beauty segment offers antiperspirants and deodorants, cosmetics, personal cleansing, skin care, hair care, hair colors, prestige products, and professional salon products under the Head & Shoulders, Olay, Pantene, SK-II, and Wella brand names. The Grooming segment provides blades and razors, pre- and post-shave products, and electronic hair removal devices under the Braun, Fusion, Gillette, Mach3, and Prestobarba brand names. The Health Care segment offers feminine care and incontinence products; toothbrush, toothpaste, and other oral care products; and gastrointestinal, rapid diagnostics, respiratory, vitamins/minerals/supplements, and other personal health care products. This segment markets its products under the Always, Crest, Oral-B, and Vicks brand names. The Fabric Care and Home Care segment provides bleach and laundry additives, fabric enhancers, and laundry detergents; air care, dish care, and surface care products; batteries; pet care products; and professional products. This segment sells its products under the Ace, Ariel, Dawn, Downy, Duracell, Febreze, Gain, Iams, and Tide brand names. The Baby Care and Family Care segment offers baby wipes, diapers, pants, paper towels, tissues, and toilet papers under the Bounty, Charmin, and Pampers brand names. The company markets its products through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores, department stores, salons, high-frequency stores, and e-commerce in approximately 180 countries worldwide. The Procter & Gamble Company was founded in 1837 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart) | Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL), together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets consumer products worldwide. The company operates in two segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care; and Pet Nutrition. It offers oral care products, including toothpaste, toothbrushes, and mouth rinses, as well as dental floss and pharmaceutical products for dentists and other oral health professionals; personal care products comprising liquid hand soaps, shower gels, bar soaps, deodorants, antiperspirants, shampoos, and conditioners; and home care products, such as laundry and dishwashing detergents, dishwashing liquids, household cleaners, oil soaps, bleaches, and fabric conditioners. The company provides its oral, personal, and home care products primarily under the Colgate Total, Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief, Colgate Max Fresh, Colgate Optic White, Colgate Luminous White, Colgate 360°, Colgate Plax, Palmolive, Protex, Softsoap, Sanex, Irish Spring, Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick, Caprice, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Murphy’s, Suavitel, Soupline, Sorriso, Kolynos, elmex, Tom’s of Maine, and Mennen brand names to wholesale and retail distributors. It also offers pet nutrition products for dogs and cats. The company markets its pet foods through pet supply retailers and veterinarians for everyday nutritional needs under the Hill’s Science Diet brand name; and a range of therapeutic products through veterinarians and pet supply retailers to manage disease conditions in dogs and cats under the Hill’s Prescription Diet brand name. Colgate-Palmolive Company was founded in 1806 and is headquartered in New York, New York. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart) | Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) , together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care, consumer tissue, and health care products worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional, and Health Care. The Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, Kotex, Depend, Plenitud, and Poise brand names. The Consumer Tissue segment provides facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, and related products under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Hakle, and Page brands. The K-C Professional segment offers apparel, wipers, soaps, sanitizers, tissues, and towels under the Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and Jackson Safety brand names. The Health Care segment provides surgical and infection prevention products; and medical devices focused on pain management, respiratory, and digestive health under the Kimberly-Clark and ON-Q brands. The company sells its products for household use directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce; and away-from-home use products through distributors and directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, health care establishments, and public facilities. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. (Daily Chart) (Weekly Chart) |
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