Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) vs Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL)

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and Colgate-Palmolive Company are both Household & Personal Products companies. Colgate-Palmolive Company is the larger, with a market value of $78.5B against $26.3B — 3.0× the size. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 34.1× against 37.8×. Colgate-Palmolive Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.91% against 1.70%. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 9.65%) and the lower return on invested capital (11.3% vs 28.9%). Both pay a dividend; Colgate-Palmolive Company yields more (2.14% vs 1.09%). Across the 23 metrics below, Colgate-Palmolive Company leads on 13 and Church & Dwight Co., Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
P/E 34.09 37.83 25.45
P/S 4.23 3.69 1.17
P/B 5.89 122.81 2.43
Price to free cash flow 25.19 20.74 20.67
EV/EBITDA 20.35 17.96 13.40
EV/Sales 4.51 3.98 1.24
Earnings yield 2.93% 2.64% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 3.97% 4.82% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 46.09% 60.61% 46.90%
Operating margin 18.01% 14.84% 1.31%
Net margin 12.41% 9.65% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 16.78% 17.80% 4.87%
Return on equity 17.80% 218.74% 4.67%
Return on assets 8.38% 11.99% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 11.26% 28.91% 0.57%

Growth

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.70% 5.91% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.43% (25.07%) (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% 4.35% 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (1.28%) (4.58%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.49 12.06 0.44
Current ratio 0.96 0.96 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 1.38 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.09% 2.14% 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.37 0.82 0.74

Size

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 26.28b 78.45b 671.37m

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