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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 $139.3B against $73.9B — 1.9× the size. Unilever PLC trades at the lower P/E: 11.2× against 37.1×. Unilever PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.30% against 5.24%. Unilever PLC has the higher net margin (12.0% vs 9.68%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 27.7%). Both pay a dividend; Unilever PLC yields more (3.36% vs 2.79%). Across the 20 metrics below, Unilever PLC leads on 11 and Colgate-Palmolive Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
P/E 37.05 11.16 23.53
P/S 3.57 n/m 1.58
P/B 132.92 n/m 3.36
Price to free cash flow 19.50 n/m 19.95
EV/EBITDA 17.42 0.12 13.02
EV/Sales 3.88 0.02 1.42
Earnings yield 2.70% 8.96% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 5.13% 0.00% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 60.42% 0.00% 47.14%
Operating margin 14.87% 0.00% 1.31%
Net margin 9.68% 12.03% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 18.33% 0.00% 2.89%
Return on equity 251.92% 0.00% 2.12%
Return on assets 11.90% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 27.74% 0.00% 0.24%

Growth

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.24% 5.30% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (25.07%) 75.13% (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.35% (0.28%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (4.58%) 10.94% 0.00%

Health

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 13.88 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 1.03 0.74 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 1.38 (0.49) 1.37

Dividend

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.79% 3.36% 2.79%
Payout ratio 1.04 — 0.87

Size

Metric CL UL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 73.87b 139.28b 620.01m

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