ThredUp (NASDAQ:TDUP – Get Free Report) and Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Free Report) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
89.1% of ThredUp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Church & Dwight shares are held by institutional investors. 27.0% of ThredUp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Church & Dwight 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.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings for ThredUp and Church & Dwight, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| ThredUp | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.86 |
| Church & Dwight | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2.27 |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares ThredUp 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 | |
| ThredUp | $260.03 million | 2.86 | -$76.99 million | ($0.30) | -19.80 |
| Church & Dwight | $6.11 billion | 3.46 | $585.30 million | $3.18 | 27.70 |
Church & Dwight has higher revenue and earnings than ThredUp. ThredUp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Church & Dwight, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares ThredUp and Church & Dwight’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| ThredUp | -12.18% | -39.20% | -13.16% |
| Church & Dwight | 12.74% | 19.32% | 9.47% |
Risk and Volatility
ThredUp has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Church & Dwight has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Church & Dwight beats ThredUp on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About ThredUp
ThredUp Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates an online resale platform in the United States and internationally. Its platform enables consumers to buy and sell primarily secondhand apparel, shoes, and accessories. ThredUp Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.
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.
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