The Clorox Company (CLX) vs Procter & Gamble Company (The) (PG)

The Clorox Company and Procter & Gamble Company (The) are both Household & Personal Products companies. Procter & Gamble Company (The) is the larger, with a market value of $387.3B against $12.1B — 32.1× the size. The Clorox Company trades at the lower P/E: 17.8× against 24.7×. The Clorox Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.28% against 3.52%. Procter & Gamble Company (The) has the higher net margin (18.1% vs 9.41%) and the lower return on invested capital (15.7% vs 16.7%). Both pay a dividend; The Clorox Company yields more (5.01% vs 2.59%). Across the 23 metrics below, Procter & Gamble Company (The) leads on 14 and The Clorox Company on 9.

Valuation

Metric CLX PG Household & Personal Products median
P/E 17.79 24.72 25.45
P/S 1.68 4.42 1.17
P/B 100.01 7.11 2.43
Price to free cash flow 26.71 24.47 20.67
EV/EBITDA 12.10 17.88 13.40
EV/Sales 2.21 4.68 1.24
Earnings yield 5.62% 4.05% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 3.74% 4.09% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric CLX PG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 41.94% 49.78% 46.90%
Operating margin 14.58% 22.55% 1.31%
Net margin 9.41% 18.14% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 6.30% 18.05% 4.87%
Return on equity 522.78% 29.71% 4.67%
Return on assets 10.13% 12.24% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 16.73% 15.71% 0.57%

Growth

Metric CLX PG Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.28% 3.52% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.23%) 1.69% (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.75%) 2.72% 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.73%) 2.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLX PG Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 32.92 0.70 0.44
Current ratio 0.65 0.72 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 3.31 1.06 1.37

Dividend

Metric CLX PG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 5.01% 2.59% 2.48%
Payout ratio 0.89 0.66 0.74

Size

Metric CLX PG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 12.08b 387.30b 671.37m

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