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 $338.8B against $34.6B — 9.8× the size. Procter & Gamble Company (The) trades at the lower P/E: 21.6× against 185×. 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 (2.41% vs 1.89%). 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 185.24 21.63 22.55
P/S 2.27 3.92 1.13
P/B 8.99 6.37 3.02
Price to free cash flow 25.81 21.80 17.73
EV/EBITDA 24.13 15.95 12.27
EV/Sales 2.53 4.20 1.26
Earnings yield 0.54% 4.62% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 3.87% 4.59% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric EL PG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 75.50% 50.18% 46.28%
Operating margin 5.18% 22.69% 0.79%
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% 0.00%

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% —
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 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 2.42 1.06 1.37

Dividend

Metric EL PG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 1.89% 2.41% 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.92 0.62 0.49

Size

Metric EL PG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 34.58b 338.83b 625.04m

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