Comparing Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) and BBB Foods (NYSE:TBBB)

BBB Foods (NYSE:TBBB) and Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BBB Foods and Church & Dwight”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BBB Foods	$3.15 billion	1.36	$18.36 million	($0.84)	-44.83
Church & Dwight	$6.20 billion	3.93	$736.80 million	$3.02	34.12

Church & Dwight has higher revenue and earnings than BBB Foods. BBB Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Church & Dwight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

8.4% of BBB Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Church & Dwight shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for BBB Foods and Church & Dwight, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BBB Foods	1	4	3	0	2.25
Church & Dwight	1	8	9	0	2.44

BBB Foods presently has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.57%. Church & Dwight has a consensus target price of $101.88, indicating a potential downside of 1.12%. Given BBB Foods’ higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BBB Foods is more favorable than Church & Dwight.

Risk and Volatility

BBB Foods has a beta of -0.14, meaning that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares BBB Foods and Church & Dwight’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BBB Foods	-2.61%	-44.56%	-7.47%
Church & Dwight	11.88%	20.05%	9.61%

Summary

Church & Dwight beats BBB Foods on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BBB Foods

BBB Foods Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a chain of grocery retail stores in Mexico. It offers household cleaning, personal hyenine, cosmetics and beauty, pharmacy, and general merchandise products, as well as jellies and desserts, foods and drinks, pet supplies, coffee, tea, chocolates, breads, dry and frozen foods, snacks and sweets, and toilet papers and napkins. The company also provides branded, private label, and spot products. It serves low-to-middle income households through online channels. BBB Foods Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

About Church & Dwight

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, Specialty Products Division (SPD), and Corporate. The Consumer Domestic segment offers household products, such as laundry detergents, fabric softener sheets, cat litter, household cleaning products, and personal care products including antiperspirants, oral care products, depilatories, reproductive health products, oral analgesics, nasal saline moisturizers, and dietary supplements. The Consumer International segment is involved in the personal care, household and over-the-counter products in international subsidiary markets, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, China, and the United Kingdom. The SPD segment consists of sales to businesses and participates in three product areas namely, animal nutrition, specialty chemicals, and commercial and professional. The Corporate segment includes equity in earnings of affiliates. The company was founded by Dwight John and Austin Church in 1846 and is headquartered in Ewing, NJ.