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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 $73.9B against $6.9B — 10.8× the size. Colgate-Palmolive Company trades at the lower P/E: 37.1× against 113×. 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 37.05 113.45 23.53
P/S 3.57 3.81 1.58
P/B 132.92 5.74 3.36
Price to free cash flow 19.50 23.95 19.95
EV/EBITDA 17.42 32.64 13.02
EV/Sales 3.88 4.10 1.42
Earnings yield 2.70% 0.88% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 5.13% 4.18% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 60.42% 74.44% 47.14%
Operating margin 14.87% 7.23% 1.31%
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% 0.24%

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%) (12.73%)
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 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 1.38 3.73 1.37

Dividend

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.79% — 2.79%
Payout ratio 1.04 — 0.87

Size

Metric CL ELF Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 73.87b 6.85b 620.01m

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