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 $145.9B against $26.3B — 5.6× the size. Unilever PLC trades at the lower P/E: 11.4× against 34.1×. Unilever PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.30% against 1.70%. Church & Dwight Co., Inc. has the higher net margin (12.4% vs 12.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.3% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Unilever PLC yields more (3.29% vs 1.09%). Across the 20 metrics below, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. leads on 10 and Unilever PLC on 10.

Valuation

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
P/E 34.09 11.41 25.45
P/S 4.23 n/m 1.17
P/B 5.89 n/m 2.43
Price to free cash flow 25.19 n/m 20.67
EV/EBITDA 20.35 0.12 13.40
EV/Sales 4.51 0.02 1.24
Earnings yield 2.93% 8.76% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 3.97% 0.00% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 46.09% 0.00% 46.90%
Operating margin 18.01% 0.00% 1.31%
Net margin 12.41% 12.03% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 16.78% 0.00% 4.87%
Return on equity 17.80% 0.00% 4.67%
Return on assets 8.38% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 11.26% 0.00% 0.57%

Growth

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.70% 5.30% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 27.43% 75.13% (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.85% (0.28%) 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (1.28%) 10.94% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.49 0.00 0.44
Current ratio 0.96 0.74 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 1.36 (0.49) 1.37

Dividend

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.09% 3.29% 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.37 — 0.74

Size

Metric CHD UL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 26.28b 145.87b 671.37m

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