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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) vs e.l.f. Beauty (ELF)

Colgate-Palmolive Company and e.l.f. Beauty are both Household & Personal Products companies. Colgate-Palmolive Company is the larger, with a market value of $78.5B against $6.5B — 12.1× the size. Colgate-Palmolive Company trades at the lower P/E: 37.8× against 76.1×. e.l.f. Beauty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 39.9% against 5.91%. Colgate-Palmolive Company has the higher net margin (9.65% vs 4.47%) and the higher return on invested capital (28.9% vs 6.44%). Across the 22 metrics below, Colgate-Palmolive Company leads on 13 and e.l.f. Beauty on 9.

Valuation

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
P/E 37.83 76.12 25.45
P/S 3.69 3.38 1.17
P/B 122.81 5.35 2.43
Price to free cash flow 20.74 23.80 20.67
EV/EBITDA 17.96 31.90 13.40
EV/Sales 3.98 3.64 1.24
Earnings yield 2.64% 1.31% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 4.82% 4.20% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 60.61% 74.42% 46.90%
Operating margin 14.84% 8.87% 1.31%
Net margin 9.65% 4.47% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 17.80% 14.22% 4.87%
Return on equity 218.74% 7.33% 4.67%
Return on assets 11.99% 3.55% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 28.91% 6.44% 0.57%

Growth

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.91% 39.93% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (25.07%) (77.08%) (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.35% 38.76% 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.58%) 33.39% 0.00%

Health

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 12.06 0.65 0.44
Current ratio 0.96 2.57 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 1.38 3.73 1.37

Dividend

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.14% — 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.82 — 0.74

Size

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 78.45b 6.48b 671.37m

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