The Clorox Company (CLX) vs Coty (COTY)

The Clorox Company and Coty are both Household & Personal Products companies. The Clorox Company is the larger, with a market value of $10.0B against $2.3B — 4.3× the size. Coty has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; The Clorox Company trades at 17.4×. Coty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.46% against −5.41%. The Clorox Company has the higher net margin (8.74% vs −10.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.0% vs −0.85%). Both pay a dividend; The Clorox Company yields more (3.13% vs 0.64%). Across the 21 metrics below, The Clorox Company leads on 12 and Coty on 9.

Valuation

Metric CLX COTY Household & Personal Products median
P/E 17.39 n/m 22.55
P/S 1.52 0.40 1.13
P/B 40.50 0.74 3.02
Price to free cash flow 25.20 n/m 17.73
EV/EBITDA 12.11 12.94 12.27
EV/Sales 2.09 0.89 1.26
Earnings yield 5.75% (26.42%) 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 3.97% (1.34%) 4.03%

Profitability

Metric CLX COTY Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 42.32% 62.89% 46.28%
Operating margin 13.59% (1.40%) 0.79%
Net margin 8.74% (10.64%) 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 6.03% (0.54%) 2.89%
Return on equity 159.95% (17.96%) 2.12%
Return on assets 8.79% (5.59%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 13.95% (0.85%) 0.00%

Growth

Metric CLX COTY Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.41%) (1.46%) 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.23%) (59.09%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.75%) 4.63% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.73%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLX COTY Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 15.80 0.96 0.46
Current ratio 0.66 0.75 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 3.31 7.13 1.37

Dividend

Metric CLX COTY Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 3.13% 0.64% 1.96%
Payout ratio 3.93 0.00 0.49

Size

Metric CLX COTY Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 9.95b 2.32b 625.04m

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