Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) vs Unilever PLC (UL)

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and Unilever PLC are both Household & Personal Products companies. Unilever PLC is the larger, with a market value of $139.3B against $24.5B — 5.7× the size. Unilever PLC trades at the lower P/E: 11.2× against 33.5×. Unilever PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.30% against 2.69%. Unilever PLC has the higher net margin (12.0% vs 12.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 10.7%). Both pay a dividend; Unilever PLC yields more (3.36% vs 1.17%). Across the 20 metrics below, Unilever PLC leads on 11 and Church & Dwight Co., Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
P/E 33.46 11.16 23.53
P/S 3.97 n/m 1.58
P/B 5.68 n/m 3.36
Price to free cash flow 22.16 n/m 19.95
EV/EBITDA 19.86 0.12 13.02
EV/Sales 4.29 0.02 1.42
Earnings yield 2.99% 8.96% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 4.51% 0.00% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 45.65% 0.00% 47.14%
Operating margin 17.47% 0.00% 1.31%
Net margin 11.96% 12.03% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 17.90% 0.00% 2.89%
Return on equity 17.04% 0.00% 2.12%
Return on assets 8.32% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 10.71% 0.00% 0.24%

Growth

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 2.69% 5.30% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.43% 75.13% (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% (0.28%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (1.28%) 10.94% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.52 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 1.15 0.74 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 (0.49) 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.17% 3.36% 2.79%
Payout ratio 0.39 — 0.87

Size

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 24.45b 139.28b 620.01m

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