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 $134.2B against $22.6B — 5.9× the size. Unilever PLC trades at the lower P/E: 10.5× against 30.9×. 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 (3.86% vs 1.14%). 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 30.89 10.55 22.55
P/S 3.66 n/m 1.13
P/B 5.25 n/m 3.02
Price to free cash flow 20.45 n/m 17.73
EV/EBITDA 18.45 0.76 12.27
EV/Sales 3.98 0.15 1.26
Earnings yield 3.24% 9.48% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 4.89% 0.00% 4.03%

Profitability

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

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% —
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 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 (0.49) 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.14% 3.86% 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.59 0.52 0.49

Size

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 22.61b 134.15b 625.04m

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