Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) vs e.l.f. Beauty (ELF)

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and e.l.f. Beauty are both Household & Personal Products companies. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $24.5B against $6.9B — 3.6× the size. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 33.5× against 113×. e.l.f. Beauty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 31.2% against 2.69%. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (12.0% vs 3.38%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.7% vs 4.72%). Across the 22 metrics below, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. leads on 15 and e.l.f. Beauty on 7.

Valuation

Metric CHD ELF Household & Personal Products median
P/E 33.46 113.45 23.53
P/S 3.97 3.81 1.58
P/B 5.68 5.74 3.36
Price to free cash flow 22.16 23.95 19.95
EV/EBITDA 19.86 32.64 13.02
EV/Sales 4.29 4.10 1.42
Earnings yield 2.99% 0.88% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 4.51% 4.18% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric CHD ELF Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 45.65% 74.44% 47.14%
Operating margin 17.47% 7.23% 1.31%
Net margin 11.96% 3.38% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 17.90% 15.90% 2.89%
Return on equity 17.04% 6.04% 2.12%
Return on assets 8.32% 3.16% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 10.71% 4.72% 0.24%

Growth

Metric CHD ELF Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.69% 31.23% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.43% (77.08%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% 38.76% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (1.28%) 33.39% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHD ELF Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.52 0.74 0.46
Current ratio 1.15 2.55 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 3.73 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD ELF Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.17% — 2.79%
Payout ratio 0.39 — 0.87

Size

Metric CHD ELF Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 24.45b 6.85b 620.01m

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