Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) vs Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and Kimberly-Clark Corporation are both Household & Personal Products companies. Kimberly-Clark Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $34.6B against $24.5B — 1.4× the size. Kimberly-Clark Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 18.0× against 33.5×. Kimberly-Clark Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.01% against 2.69%. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (12.0% vs 11.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (10.7% vs 21.1%). Both pay a dividend; Kimberly-Clark Corporation yields more (4.83% vs 1.17%). Across the 23 metrics below, Kimberly-Clark Corporation leads on 12 and Church & Dwight Co., Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
P/E 33.46 17.95 23.53
P/S 3.97 2.12 1.58
P/B 5.68 18.73 3.36
Price to free cash flow 22.16 18.78 19.95
EV/EBITDA 19.86 12.55 13.02
EV/Sales 4.29 2.45 1.42
Earnings yield 2.99% 5.57% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 4.51% 5.33% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 45.65% 36.76% 47.14%
Operating margin 17.47% 15.16% 1.31%
Net margin 11.96% 11.79% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 17.90% 11.27% 2.89%
Return on equity 17.04% 119.32% 2.12%
Return on assets 8.32% 11.07% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 10.71% 21.13% 0.24%

Growth

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.69% 6.01% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.43% (19.60%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% (2.99%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (1.28%) (2.99%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.52 3.48 0.46
Current ratio 1.15 0.91 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 2.05 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.17% 4.83% 2.79%
Payout ratio 0.39 0.87 0.87

Size

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 24.45b 34.61b 620.01m

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