Edgewell Personal Care Company (EPC) vs Newell Brands Inc. (NWL)

Edgewell Personal Care Company and Newell Brands Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Newell Brands Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.3B against $1.3B — 1.8× the size. Edgewell Personal Care Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against 0.79%. Edgewell Personal Care Company has the higher net margin (−4.15% vs −4.42%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.48% vs 0.65%). Both pay a dividend; Newell Brands Inc. yields more (5.10% vs 2.11%). Across the 22 metrics below, Edgewell Personal Care Company leads on 14 and Newell Brands Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m n/m 25.45
P/S 0.59 0.32 1.17
P/B 0.90 0.99 2.43
Price to free cash flow 25.06 44.12 20.67
EV/EBITDA 22.78 8.88 13.40
EV/Sales 1.02 1.01 1.24
Earnings yield (7.02%) (14.03%) 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 3.99% 2.27% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 39.48% 35.58% 46.90%
Operating margin 0.79% 0.98% 1.31%
Net margin (4.15%) (4.42%) 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 2.34% 0.72% 4.87%
Return on equity (6.16%) (12.76%) 4.67%
Return on assets (2.54%) (2.91%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.48% 0.65% 0.57%

Growth

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.65% 0.79% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.10%) (30.77%) (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.66% (5.15%) 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (17.78%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.85 2.05 0.44
Current ratio 1.84 1.27 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 6.24 6.42 1.37

Dividend

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.11% 5.10% 2.48%
Payout ratio — — 0.74

Size

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 1.32b 2.34b 671.37m

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