Colgate-Palmolive (CL) and Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:NLS) Head-To-Head Comparison

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) and Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:NLS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitabiliy, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Colgate-Palmolive and Nautilus Group, Inc. (The)’s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Colgate-Palmolive	$15.18 billion	4.15	$4.42 billion	$2.69	26.61
Nautilus Group, Inc. (The)	$396.86 million	1.35	$52.75 million	$0.92	18.97

Colgate-Palmolive has higher revenue and earnings than Nautilus Group, Inc. (The). Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Colgate-Palmolive, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Colgate-Palmolive and Nautilus Group, Inc. (The)’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colgate-Palmolive	15.83%	3,121.95%	20.57%
Nautilus Group, Inc. (The)	7.25%	17.22%	8.93%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

73.9% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Colgate-Palmolive shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Colgate-Palmolive pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) does not pay a dividend. Colgate-Palmolive pays out 59.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Colgate-Palmolive and Nautilus Group, Inc. (The), as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colgate-Palmolive	0	10	2	0	2.17
Nautilus Group, Inc. (The)	0	1	4	0	2.80

Colgate-Palmolive presently has a consensus target price of $74.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.51%. Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) has a consensus target price of $22.30, indicating a potential upside of 27.79%. Given Nautilus Group, Inc. (The)’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) is more favorable than Colgate-Palmolive.

Risk & Volatility

Colgate-Palmolive has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Colgate-Palmolive beats Nautilus Group, Inc. (The) on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Colgate-Palmolive

Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate) is a consumer products company. The Company operates in two product segments: Oral, Personal and Home Care, and Pet Nutrition. The Oral, Personal and Home Care product segment is operated through five geographic segments, which include North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa/Eurasia. The Company’s oral care products include Colgate Total, Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief, Colgate Max Fresh and Colgate Optic White. The Company is also engaged in various product categories of the personal care market with operations in liquid hand soap, which it sells under the Palmolive, Protex and Softsoap brands. The Company manufactures and markets a range of products for the home care market, including Palmolive and Ajax dishwashing liquids, Fabuloso and Ajax household cleaners and Murphy’s Oil Soap. The Company, through its Hill’s Pet Nutrition segment (Hill’s), manufactures pet nutrition products for dogs and cats.

About Nautilus Group, Inc. (The)

Nautilus, Inc. is a consumer fitness products company. The Company operates through two segments: Direct and Retail. Its principal business activities include designing, developing, sourcing and marketing of cardio and strength fitness products and related accessories for consumer use, primarily in the United States and Canada, but also in international markets outside North America. The Direct business offers products directly to consumers through television advertising, catalogs and the Internet. In its Direct business, the Company markets and sells its products, principally Bowflex cardio and strength products, directly to consumers. The Retail business offers its products through a network of independent retail companies and specialty retailers with stores and Websites located in the United States and internationally. In its Retail business, the Company markets and sells a line of consumer fitness equipment under the Nautilus, Octane Fitness, Schwinn, Universal and Bowflex brands.