The Clorox Company (CLX) vs Unilever PLC (UL)

The Clorox Company and Unilever PLC are both Household & Personal Products companies. Unilever PLC is the larger, with a market value of $134.2B against $10.0B — 13.5× the size. Unilever PLC trades at the lower P/E: 10.5× against 17.4×. Unilever PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.30% against −5.41%. Unilever PLC has the higher net margin (12.0% vs 8.74%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 14.0%). Both pay a dividend; Unilever PLC yields more (3.86% vs 3.13%). Across the 20 metrics below, Unilever PLC leads on 13 and The Clorox Company on 7.

Valuation

Metric CLX UL Household & Personal Products median
P/E 17.39 10.55 22.55
P/S 1.52 n/m 1.13
P/B 40.50 n/m 3.02
Price to free cash flow 25.20 n/m 17.73
EV/EBITDA 12.11 0.76 12.27
EV/Sales 2.09 0.15 1.26
Earnings yield 5.75% 9.48% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 3.97% 0.00% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric CLX UL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 42.32% 0.00% 46.28%
Operating margin 13.59% 0.00% 0.79%
Net margin 8.74% 12.03% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 6.03% 0.00% 2.89%
Return on equity 159.95% 0.00% 2.12%
Return on assets 8.79% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 13.95% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CLX UL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.41%) 5.30% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (26.23%) 75.13% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.75%) (0.28%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.73%) 10.94% 0.00%

Health

Metric CLX UL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 15.80 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 0.66 0.74 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 3.31 (0.49) 1.37

Dividend

Metric CLX UL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 3.13% 3.86% 1.96%
Payout ratio 3.93 0.52 0.49

Size

Metric CLX UL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 9.95b 134.15b 625.04m

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