Clorox Co vs Otis Worldwide Corp — how do they compare? Clorox Co trades at $106.55 (market cap $13.09B), while Otis Worldwide Corp trades at $73.25 (market cap $27.80B). The key difference: Otis Worldwide Corp is far larger — about 2.1× Clorox Co's market cap, and Clorox Co pays the higher dividend (4.62%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CLX | OTIS | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $13.09B | $27.80B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Industrials |
52-Week High | $127.16 | $93.62 |
52-Week Low | $86.12 | $69.34 |
Enterprise Value | $18.47B | $35.84B |
Dividend Yield | 4.62% | 2.41% |
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With a history dating back more than 100 years, Clorox now plays in a variety of categories across the consumer products space, including cleaning supplies, laundry care, trash bags, cat litter, charcoal, food dressings, water-filtration products, and natural personal-care products. Beyond its namesake brand, the firm's portfolio includes Liquid-Plumr, Pine-Sol, S.O.S, Tilex, Kingsford, Fresh Step, Glad, Hidden Valley, KC Masterpiece, Brita, and Burt's Bees. Just shy of 85% of Clorox's sales stem from its home turf.
Read more on CLX →Otis is the largest global elevator and escalator supplier by revenue with around one quarter of share excluding Japan. In 1854 Otis' founder and namesake, Elisha Graves Otis, invented a safety mechanism that prevented elevators from falling if the hoisting cable failed.The company's product and service lifecycle begins with installations of elevator units in new buildings, later selling maintenance services on the units, and eventually replacement of the units after the average 15-20 year useful life of an elevator. As the largest global OEM, over decades Otis has built a base of 2 million elevators under service. Its business model is much the same as that of its competitors Kone, Schindler, and Thyssenkrupp.
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