KAO (OTCMKTS:KAOOY) versus Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC) Head to Head Review

KAO (OTCMKTS:KAOOY) and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America (NYSE:ODC) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for KAO and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KAO	0	0	0	0	0.00
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	0	0	1	0	3.00

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares KAO and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KAO	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	$485.57 million	2.56	$54.00 million	$3.89	22.02

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America has higher revenue and earnings than KAO.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Profitability

This table compares KAO and Oil-Dri Corporation Of America’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KAO	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oil-Dri Corporation Of America	11.35%	20.53%	14.17%

Summary

Oil-Dri Corporation Of America beats KAO on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About KAO

Kao Corporation develops and sells hygiene and living care, health and beauty care, life care business, cosmetics, and chemical products. The Hygiene and Living Care Business segment offers fabric, kitchen, home, sanitary, and pet care products. The Health and Beauty Care Business segment provides facial, body, hair, and oral care, hair styling and color, Salon, In-bathroom health care, and warming products. The Life Care Business segments offers health drinks, as well as hygiene products for commercial use. The Cosmetics Business segment provides counseling and self-selection cosmetic products. The Chemical Business segment offers oleo chemicals; fat and oil derivatives; surfactants; fragrances; water-reducing admixtures; casting sand binders; plastics additives; process chemicals; toners and toner binders; inkjet ink colorants and ink; fine polishing agents and cleaners; and materials and process chemicals. The company was formerly known as Kao Soap Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Kao Corporation in 1982. Kao Corporation was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.