Acme United Corporation. (ACU) vs The Honest Company, Inc. (HNST)

Acme United Corporation. and The Honest Company, Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. The Honest Company, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $549.3M against $237.5M — 2.3× the size. The Honest Company, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acme United Corporation. trades at 23.9×. Acme United Corporation. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.04% against −12.3%. Acme United Corporation. has the higher net margin (4.64% vs −3.56%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.09% vs −15.3%). Across the 20 metrics below, Acme United Corporation. leads on 14 and The Honest Company, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric ACU HNST Household & Personal Products median
P/E 23.94 n/m 23.53
P/S 1.11 1.62 1.58
P/B 1.94 3.32 3.36
Price to free cash flow 15.79 10.50 19.95
EV/EBITDA 12.05 n/m 13.02
EV/Sales 1.24 1.42 1.42
Earnings yield 4.18% (2.07%) 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 6.33% 9.52% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric ACU HNST Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 40.08% 35.66% 47.14%
Operating margin 6.85% (4.37%) 1.31%
Net margin 4.64% (3.56%) 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 7.32% 15.41% 2.89%
Return on equity 8.35% (6.87%) 2.12%
Return on assets 5.28% (5.19%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.09% (15.27%) 0.24%

Growth

Metric ACU HNST Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.04% (12.26%) 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.63% (133.33%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.69% 4.32% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.69% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACU HNST Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.27 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 3.23 3.94 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 0.86 10.05 1.37

Dividend

Metric ACU HNST Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.04% — 2.79%
Payout ratio 0.27 — 0.87

Size

Metric ACU HNST Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 237.54m 549.29m 620.01m

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