Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) vs The Clorox Company (CLX)

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and The Clorox Company are both Household & Personal Products companies. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $22.6B against $10.0B — 2.3× the size. The Clorox Company trades at the lower P/E: 17.4× against 30.9×. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.69% against −5.41%. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (12.0% vs 8.74%) and the lower return on invested capital (10.7% vs 14.0%). Both pay a dividend; The Clorox Company yields more (3.13% vs 1.14%). Across the 23 metrics below, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. leads on 14 and The Clorox Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
P/E 30.89 17.39 22.55
P/S 3.66 1.52 1.13
P/B 5.25 40.50 3.02
Price to free cash flow 20.45 25.20 17.73
EV/EBITDA 18.45 12.11 12.27
EV/Sales 3.98 2.09 1.26
Earnings yield 3.24% 5.75% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 4.89% 3.97% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 45.65% 42.32% 46.28%
Operating margin 17.47% 13.59% 0.79%
Net margin 11.96% 8.74% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 17.90% 6.03% 2.89%
Return on equity 17.04% 159.95% 2.12%
Return on assets 8.32% 8.79% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 10.71% 13.95% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.69% (5.41%) 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.43% (26.23%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% (1.75%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (1.28%) (3.73%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.52 15.80 0.46
Current ratio 1.15 0.66 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 3.31 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.14% 3.13% 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.59 3.93 0.49

Size

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 22.61b 9.95b 625.04m

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