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 $67.8B against $26.3B — 2.6× the size. Kimberly-Clark Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 18.8× against 34.1×. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.70% against 0.71%. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 11.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (11.3% vs 21.1%). Both pay a dividend; Kimberly-Clark Corporation yields more (4.61% vs 1.09%). Across the 23 metrics below, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. leads on 12 and Kimberly-Clark Corporation on 11.

Valuation

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
P/E 34.09 18.82 25.45
P/S 4.23 2.22 1.17
P/B 5.89 19.63 2.43
Price to free cash flow 25.19 19.68 20.67
EV/EBITDA 20.35 13.07 13.40
EV/Sales 4.51 2.55 1.24
Earnings yield 2.93% 5.31% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 3.97% 5.08% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 46.09% 36.76% 46.90%
Operating margin 18.01% 15.16% 1.31%
Net margin 12.41% 11.79% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 16.78% 11.27% 4.87%
Return on equity 17.80% 119.32% 4.67%
Return on assets 8.38% 11.07% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 11.26% 21.13% 0.57%

Growth

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.70% 0.71% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.43% (19.60%) (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% (2.99%) 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (1.28%) (2.99%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.49 3.48 0.44
Current ratio 0.96 0.91 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 2.05 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.09% 4.61% 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.37 0.87 0.74

Size

Metric CHD KMB Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 26.28b 67.78b 671.37m

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