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 $68.3B against $5.9B — 11.6× the size. Colgate-Palmolive Company trades at the lower P/E: 33.9× against 99.5×. e.l.f. Beauty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 31.2% against 5.24%. Colgate-Palmolive Company has the higher net margin (9.68% vs 3.38%) and the higher return on invested capital (27.7% vs 4.72%). Across the 22 metrics below, Colgate-Palmolive Company leads on 15 and e.l.f. Beauty on 7.

Valuation

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
P/E 33.88 99.51 22.55
P/S 3.27 3.34 1.13
P/B 121.55 5.04 3.02
Price to free cash flow 17.83 21.01 17.73
EV/EBITDA 16.05 28.91 12.27
EV/Sales 3.58 3.63 1.26
Earnings yield 2.95% 1.00% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 5.61% 4.76% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 60.42% 74.44% 46.28%
Operating margin 14.87% 7.23% 0.79%
Net margin 9.68% 3.38% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 18.33% 15.90% 2.89%
Return on equity 251.92% 6.04% 2.12%
Return on assets 11.90% 3.16% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 27.74% 4.72% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.24% 31.23% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (25.07%) (77.08%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.35% 38.76% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.58%) 33.39% 0.00%

Health

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 13.88 0.74 0.46
Current ratio 1.03 2.55 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 1.38 3.73 1.37

Dividend

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.41% — 1.96%
Payout ratio 1.06 0.00 0.49

Size

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 68.32b 5.90b 625.04m

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