The Honest Company, Inc. (HNST) vs Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NUS)

The Honest Company, Inc. and Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. The Honest Company, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $476.3M against $220.5M — 2.2× the size. Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; The Honest Company, Inc. trades at 6.1×. The Honest Company, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −12.8% against −15.4%. The Honest Company, Inc. has the higher net margin (23.5% vs −15.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (−5.50% vs −1.15%). Across the 20 metrics below, The Honest Company, Inc. leads on 12 and Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric HNST NUS Household & Personal Products median
P/E 6.11 n/m 25.45
P/S 1.45 0.16 1.17
P/B 1.84 0.41 2.43
Price to free cash flow 9.97 20.60 20.67
EV/EBITDA n/m 6.17 13.40
EV/Sales 1.25 0.18 1.24
Earnings yield 16.38% (97.37%) 1.13%
Free cash flow yield 10.03% 4.85% 3.81%

Profitability

Metric HNST NUS Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 37.58% 69.19% 46.90%
Operating margin (4.22%) (0.76%) 1.31%
Net margin 23.47% (15.73%) 2.32%
Free cash flow margin 14.54% 0.78% 4.87%
Return on equity 34.60% (32.53%) 4.67%
Return on assets 28.29% (16.87%) 0.00%
Return on invested capital (5.50%) (1.15%) 0.57%

Growth

Metric HNST NUS Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) (12.81%) (15.44%) 2.91%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (133.33%) 207.80% (5.01%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 4.32% (10.47%) 1.39%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (3.49%) 0.00%

Health

Metric HNST NUS Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.39 0.44
Current ratio 4.26 1.98 1.75
Net debt to EBITDA 10.05 (0.13) 1.37

Dividend

Metric HNST NUS Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 5.25% 2.48%
Payout ratio — — 0.74

Size

Metric HNST NUS Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 476.34m 220.51m 671.37m

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