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Acme United Corporation. (ACU) vs Waldencast PLC (MLKMF)

Acme United Corporation. and Waldencast PLC are both Household & Personal Products companies. Acme United Corporation. is the larger, with a market value of $238.3M against $111.9M — 2.1× the size. Waldencast PLC has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Acme United Corporation. trades at 24.2×. Acme United Corporation. has the higher net margin (4.64% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.09% vs 0.00%). Across the 14 metrics below, Acme United Corporation. leads on 12 and Waldencast PLC on 2.

Valuation

Metric ACU MLKMF Household & Personal Products median
P/E 24.24 n/m 22.64
P/S 1.12 n/m 1.30
P/B 1.96 0.01 2.98
Price to free cash flow 15.99 n/m 18.14
EV/EBITDA 12.19 n/m 12.32
EV/Sales 1.25 n/m 1.25
Earnings yield 4.13% (399.59%) 0.26%
Free cash flow yield 6.25% (445.32%) 3.98%

Profitability

Metric ACU MLKMF Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 40.08% — 47.14%
Operating margin 6.85% 0.00% 1.31%
Net margin 4.64% 0.00% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 7.32% 0.00% 2.89%
Return on equity 8.35% 0.00% 2.12%
Return on assets 5.28% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.09% 0.00% 0.24%

Growth

Metric ACU MLKMF Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.04% — 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.63% (415.38%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.69% — 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.69% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric ACU MLKMF Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.27 0.35 0.46
Current ratio 3.23 1.53 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 0.86 (0.74) 1.37

Dividend

Metric ACU MLKMF Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.03% — 2.93%
Payout ratio 0.27 — 0.87

Size

Metric ACU MLKMF Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 238.27m 111.87m 582.01m

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