Comparing Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC) & Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (OTCMKTS:HENOY)

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (OTCMKTS:HENOY) and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA	0	0	0	0	0.00
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	0	0	1	0	3.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.35	3.44
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	$485.57 million	2.97	$54.00 million	$3.89	25.54

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has higher revenue and earnings than Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. Henkel AG & Co. KGaA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oil-Dri Corporation Of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

1.2% of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.0% of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of Oil-Dri Corporation Of America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Oil-Dri Corporation Of America pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Henkel AG & Co. KGaA pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oil-Dri Corporation Of America pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Henkel AG & Co. KGaA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	11.35%	20.53%	14.17%

Summary

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America beats Henkel AG & Co. KGaA on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the adhesive technologies and beauty care, and laundry and home care businesses worldwide. It operates in two segments, Adhesive Technologies and Consumer Brands segments. The company offers adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings for various business areas, including packaging and consumer goods; mobility and electronics; and craftsmen, construction, and professional industries. It also provides hair styling, hair coloring, and hair care products; and body products, as well as distributes its products through brick-and-mortar stores, hair salons, and digital channels. In addition, the company offers heavy-duty and specialty detergents, fabric softeners, laundry performance enhancers, and other fabric care products; hand and automatic dishwashing products; cleaners for bathroom and toilet applications; household, glass, and specialty cleaners; and insect control products. The company was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.

About Oil-Dri Corporation Of America

Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a manufacturer and supplier of specialty sorbent products for the pet care, animal health and nutrition, fluids purification, agricultural ingredients, sports field, industrial and automotive markets. It operates through the Business to Business Products Group and Retail and Wholesale Products Group segments. The Business to Business Products Group segment’s customers include processors and refiners of edible oils, jet fuel and biofuel, manufacturers of animal feed and agricultural chemicals, distributors of animal health and nutrition products, and marketers of consumer products. The Retail and Wholesale Products Group segment customers include retailers of cat litter and related accessories such as mass merchandisers, drugstore chains, pet specialty retail outlets, dollar stores, retail grocery stores as well as distributors of industrial cleanup and automotive products, environmental service companies, and sports field product users. The company was founded by Nick Jaffee in 1941 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.