Herbalife Ltd (HLF) vs Utz Brands, Inc. (UTZ)

Herbalife Ltd and Utz Brands, Inc. are both Packaged Foods companies. Utz Brands, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.1B against $1.5B — 1.3× the size. Utz Brands, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Herbalife Ltd trades at 9.1×. Herbalife Ltd grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.52% against 1.95%. Herbalife Ltd has the higher net margin (3.16% vs −2.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.1% vs 0.29%). Across the 20 metrics below, Herbalife Ltd leads on 17 and Utz Brands, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric HLF UTZ Packaged Foods median
P/E 9.13 n/m 13.41
P/S 0.29 0.87 0.62
P/B n/m 0.96 1.47
Price to free cash flow 4.73 16.60 8.73
EV/EBITDA 5.17 20.80 8.26
EV/Sales 0.61 1.42 0.91
Earnings yield 10.96% (2.31%) 0.68%
Free cash flow yield 21.12% 6.02% 5.21%

Profitability

Metric HLF UTZ Packaged Foods median
Gross margin 77.70% 25.37% 27.54%
Operating margin 9.47% 0.67% 0.00%
Net margin 3.16% (2.00%) 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 6.20% 5.24% 2.37%
Return on equity (29.29%) (2.15%) 0.00%
Return on assets 5.87% (1.03%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital 26.11% 0.29% 0.00%

Growth

Metric HLF UTZ Packaged Foods median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.52% 1.95% 5.69%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (12.00%) (94.74%) 4.57%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (1.89%) 8.33% 3.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.33%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HLF UTZ Packaged Foods median
Debt to equity (4.32) 0.65 0.24
Current ratio 1.20 1.06 1.68
Net debt to EBITDA 2.72 7.20 0.84

Dividend

Metric HLF UTZ Packaged Foods median
Dividend yield — 1.76% 4.06%
Payout ratio — — 0.57

Size

Metric HLF UTZ Packaged Foods median
Market cap 1.53b 2.06b 263.30m

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