Head to Head Survey: Fenbo (NASDAQ:FEBO) vs. Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD)

Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD) and Fenbo (NASDAQ:FEBO) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and risk.

Volatility & Risk

Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fenbo has a beta of -1.43, indicating that its share price is 243% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Church & Dwight	$6.20 billion	3.71	$736.80 million	$3.04	31.97
Fenbo	$10.90 million	1.01	-$1.37 million	N/A	N/A

Church & Dwight has higher revenue and earnings than Fenbo.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Church & Dwight	11.81%	20.51%	9.62%
Fenbo	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Church & Dwight and Fenbo, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Church & Dwight	1	8	9	0	2.44
Fenbo	1	0	0	0	1.00

Church & Dwight currently has a consensus target price of $102.53, suggesting a potential upside of 5.50%. Given Church & Dwight’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Church & Dwight is more favorable than Fenbo.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Fenbo shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Church & Dwight shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Church & Dwight beats Fenbo on 12 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Fenbo

Fenbo Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells personal care electric appliances and toys products. The company offers curling wands and irons, flat irons and hair straighteners, hair dryers, trimmers, nail polishers, pet shampoo brushes, eyebrow pliers, etc. It serves customers in Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and internationally. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong. Fenbo Holdings Limited operates as a subsidiary of Luxury Max Investments Limited.