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 $32.3B against $22.6B — 1.4× the size. Kimberly-Clark Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 16.7× against 30.9×. 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 (4.10% vs 1.14%). 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 30.89 16.74 22.55
P/S 3.66 1.97 1.13
P/B 5.25 17.46 3.02
Price to free cash flow 20.45 17.51 17.73
EV/EBITDA 18.45 11.82 12.27
EV/Sales 3.98 2.31 1.26
Earnings yield 3.24% 5.97% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 4.89% 5.71% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 45.65% 36.76% 46.28%
Operating margin 17.47% 15.16% 0.79%
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% 0.00%

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%) —
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 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 2.05 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.14% 4.10% 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.59 0.96 0.49

Size

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 22.61b 32.32b 625.04m

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