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Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) vs Unilever PLC (UL)

Colgate-Palmolive Company and Unilever PLC are both Household & Personal Products companies. Unilever PLC is the larger, with a market value of $145.9B against $78.5B — 1.9× the size. Unilever PLC trades at the lower P/E: 11.4× against 37.8×. Colgate-Palmolive Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.91% against 5.30%. Unilever PLC has the higher net margin (12.0% vs 9.65%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 28.9%). Both pay a dividend; Unilever PLC yields more (3.29% vs 2.14%). Across the 20 metrics below, Colgate-Palmolive Company leads on 10 and Unilever PLC on 10.

Valuation

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
P/E 37.83 11.41 25.45
P/S 3.69 n/m 1.17
P/B 122.81 n/m 2.43
Price to free cash flow 20.74 n/m 20.67
EV/EBITDA 17.96 0.12 13.40
EV/Sales 3.98 0.02 1.24
Earnings yield 2.64% 8.76% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 4.82% 0.00% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 60.61% 0.00% 46.90%
Operating margin 14.84% 0.00% 1.31%
Net margin 9.65% 12.03% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 17.80% 0.00% 4.87%
Return on equity 218.74% 0.00% 4.67%
Return on assets 11.99% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 28.91% 0.00% 0.57%

Growth

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.91% 5.30% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (25.07%) 75.13% (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.35% (0.28%) 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.58%) 10.94% 0.00%

Health

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 12.06 0.00 0.44
Current ratio 0.96 0.74 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 1.38 (0.49) 1.37

Dividend

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.14% 3.29% 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.82 — 0.74

Size

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 78.45b 145.87b 671.37m

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