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 $2.5B against $1.3B — 1.9× the size. Edgewell Personal Care Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against −2.04%. Newell Brands Inc. has the higher net margin (−3.05% vs −4.15%) and the higher return on invested capital (1.41% vs 0.48%). Both pay a dividend; Newell Brands Inc. yields more (4.95% vs 2.15%). Across the 22 metrics below, Newell Brands Inc. leads on 12 and Edgewell Personal Care Company on 10.

Valuation

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m n/m 23.53
P/S 0.57 0.33 1.58
P/B 0.88 0.98 3.36
Price to free cash flow 24.55 20.40 19.95
EV/EBITDA 22.52 8.74 13.02
EV/Sales 1.00 0.99 1.42
Earnings yield (7.17%) (9.36%) 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 4.07% 4.90% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 39.48% 35.45% 47.14%
Operating margin 0.79% 2.26% 1.31%
Net margin (4.15%) (3.05%) 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 2.34% 1.63% 2.89%
Return on equity (6.16%) (8.59%) 2.12%
Return on assets (2.54%) (1.96%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.48% 1.41% 0.24%

Growth

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.65% (2.04%) 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.10%) (30.77%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.66% (5.15%) 2.03%
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 2.04 0.46
Current ratio 1.84 1.11 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 6.24 6.42 1.37

Dividend

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.15% 4.95% 2.79%
Payout ratio — — 0.87

Size

Metric EPC NWL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 1.30b 2.46b 620.01m

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