Edgewell Personal Care Company (EPC) vs Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. (SPB)

Edgewell Personal Care Company and Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $1.3B — 1.6× the size. Edgewell Personal Care Company has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. trades at 26.9×. Edgewell Personal Care Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against 0.82%. Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. has the higher net margin (2.76% vs −4.15%) and the higher return on invested capital (3.28% vs 0.48%). Both pay a dividend; Edgewell Personal Care Company yields more (2.11% vs 2.11%). Across the 21 metrics below, Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc. leads on 17 and Edgewell Personal Care Company on 4.

Valuation

Metric EPC SPB Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m 26.89 25.45
P/S 0.59 0.72 1.17
P/B 0.90 1.11 2.43
Price to free cash flow 25.06 7.05 20.67
EV/EBITDA 22.78 7.86 13.40
EV/Sales 1.02 0.84 1.24
Earnings yield (7.02%) 3.72% 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 3.99% 14.18% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric EPC SPB Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 39.48% 39.65% 46.90%
Operating margin 0.79% 4.03% 1.31%
Net margin (4.15%) 2.76% 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 2.34% 10.15% 4.87%
Return on equity (6.16%) 4.24% 4.67%
Return on assets (2.54%) 2.23% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.48% 3.28% 0.57%

Growth

Metric EPC SPB Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.65% 0.82% 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (73.10%) (5.85%) (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.66% 1.39% 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (17.78%) 0.43% 0.00%

Health

Metric EPC SPB Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.85 0.33 0.44
Current ratio 1.84 2.41 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 6.24 1.96 1.37

Dividend

Metric EPC SPB Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.11% 2.11% 2.48%
Payout ratio — 0.57 0.74

Size

Metric EPC SPB Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 1.32b 2.05b 671.37m

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