The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) vs Procter & Gamble Company (The) (PG)

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. and Procter & Gamble Company (The) are both Household & Personal Products companies. Procter & Gamble Company (The) is the larger, with a market value of $364.9B against $38.8B — 9.4× the size. Procter & Gamble Company (The) trades at the lower P/E: 23.5× against 205×. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.05% against 3.26%. Procter & Gamble Company (The) has the higher net margin (18.1% vs 1.21%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.7% vs 6.40%). Both pay a dividend; Procter & Gamble Company (The) yields more (2.70% vs 1.34%). Across the 23 metrics below, Procter & Gamble Company (The) leads on 17 and The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric EL PG Household & Personal Products median
P/E 204.98 23.53 23.53
P/S 2.52 4.26 1.58
P/B 9.95 6.93 3.36
Price to free cash flow 28.56 23.71 19.95
EV/EBITDA 26.45 17.26 13.02
EV/Sales 2.77 4.54 1.42
Earnings yield 0.49% 4.25% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 3.50% 4.22% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric EL PG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 75.50% 50.18% 47.14%
Operating margin 5.18% 22.69% 1.31%
Net margin 1.21% 18.10% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 8.81% 17.99% 2.89%
Return on equity 4.75% 29.99% 2.12%
Return on assets 0.92% 12.52% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 6.40% 15.72% 0.24%

Growth

Metric EL PG Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.05% 3.26% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 115.87% 1.69% (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.48%) 2.72% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (42.40%) 2.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric EL PG Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 1.92 0.63 0.46
Current ratio 1.22 0.68 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 2.42 1.06 1.37

Dividend

Metric EL PG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.34% 2.70% 2.79%
Payout ratio 2.86 0.65 0.87

Size

Metric EL PG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 38.84b 364.85b 620.01m

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