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 $26.3B against $12.1B — 2.2× the size. The Clorox Company trades at the lower P/E: 17.8× against 34.1×. The Clorox Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.28% against 1.70%. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 9.41%) and the lower return on invested capital (11.3% vs 16.7%). Both pay a dividend; The Clorox Company yields more (5.01% vs 1.09%). Across the 23 metrics below, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. leads on 13 and The Clorox Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
P/E 34.09 17.79 25.45
P/S 4.23 1.68 1.17
P/B 5.89 100.01 2.43
Price to free cash flow 25.19 26.71 20.67
EV/EBITDA 20.35 12.10 13.40
EV/Sales 4.51 2.21 1.24
Earnings yield 2.93% 5.62% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 3.97% 3.74% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 46.09% 41.94% 46.90%
Operating margin 18.01% 14.58% 1.31%
Net margin 12.41% 9.41% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 16.78% 6.30% 4.87%
Return on equity 17.80% 522.78% 4.67%
Return on assets 8.38% 10.13% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 11.26% 16.73% 0.57%

Growth

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.70% 6.28% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.43% (26.23%) (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% (1.75%) 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (1.28%) (3.73%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.49 32.92 0.44
Current ratio 0.96 0.65 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 3.31 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.09% 5.01% 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.37 0.89 0.74

Size

Metric CHD CLX Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 26.28b 12.08b 671.37m

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