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 $68.3B against $22.6B — 3.0× the size. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 30.9× against 33.9×. Colgate-Palmolive Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.24% against 2.69%. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (12.0% vs 9.68%) and the lower return on invested capital (10.7% vs 27.7%). Both pay a dividend; Colgate-Palmolive Company yields more (2.41% vs 1.14%). Across the 23 metrics below, Colgate-Palmolive Company leads on 12 and Church & Dwight Co., Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
P/E 30.89 33.88 22.55
P/S 3.66 3.27 1.13
P/B 5.25 121.55 3.02
Price to free cash flow 20.45 17.83 17.73
EV/EBITDA 18.45 16.05 12.27
EV/Sales 3.98 3.58 1.26
Earnings yield 3.24% 2.95% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 4.89% 5.61% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 45.65% 60.42% 46.28%
Operating margin 17.47% 14.87% 0.79%
Net margin 11.96% 9.68% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 17.90% 18.33% 2.89%
Return on equity 17.04% 251.92% 2.12%
Return on assets 8.32% 11.90% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 10.71% 27.74% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.69% 5.24% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.43% (25.07%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% 4.35% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (1.28%) (4.58%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.52 13.88 0.46
Current ratio 1.15 1.03 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 1.38 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.14% 2.41% 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.59 1.06 0.49

Size

Metric CHD CL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 22.61b 68.32b 625.04m

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