Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) vs Procter & Gamble Company (The) (PG)

Colgate-Palmolive Company and Procter & Gamble Company (The) are both Household & Personal Products companies. Procter & Gamble Company (The) is the larger, with a market value of $338.8B against $68.3B — 5.0× the size. Procter & Gamble Company (The) trades at the lower P/E: 21.6× against 33.9×. Colgate-Palmolive Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.24% against 3.26%. Procter & Gamble Company (The) has the higher net margin (18.1% vs 9.68%) and the lower return on invested capital (15.7% vs 27.7%). Both pay a dividend; Colgate-Palmolive Company yields more (2.41% vs 2.41%). Across the 22 metrics below, Colgate-Palmolive Company leads on 11 and Procter & Gamble Company (The) on 11.

Valuation

Metric CL PG Household & Personal Products median
P/E 33.88 21.63 22.55
P/S 3.27 3.92 1.13
P/B 121.55 6.37 3.02
Price to free cash flow 17.83 21.80 17.73
EV/EBITDA 16.05 15.95 12.27
EV/Sales 3.58 4.20 1.26
Earnings yield 2.95% 4.62% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 5.61% 4.59% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric CL PG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 60.42% 50.18% 46.28%
Operating margin 14.87% 22.69% 0.79%
Net margin 9.68% 18.10% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 18.33% 17.99% 2.89%
Return on equity 251.92% 29.99% 2.12%
Return on assets 11.90% 12.52% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 27.74% 15.72% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CL PG Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.24% 3.26% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (25.07%) 1.69% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.35% 2.72% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.58%) 2.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric CL PG Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 13.88 0.63 0.46
Current ratio 1.03 0.68 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 1.38 1.06 1.37

Dividend

Metric CL PG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.41% 2.41% 1.96%
Payout ratio 1.06 0.62 0.49

Size

Metric CL PG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 68.32b 338.83b 625.04m

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