Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) vs Procter & Gamble Company (The) (PG)

Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Procter & Gamble Company (The) are both Household & Personal Products companies. Procter & Gamble Company (The) is the larger, with a market value of $338.8B against $32.3B — 10.5× the size. Kimberly-Clark Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 16.7× against 21.6×. Kimberly-Clark Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 6.01% against 3.26%. Procter & Gamble Company (The) has the higher net margin (18.1% vs 11.8%) and the lower return on invested capital (15.7% vs 21.1%). Both pay a dividend; Kimberly-Clark Corporation yields more (4.10% vs 2.41%). Across the 23 metrics below, Kimberly-Clark Corporation leads on 12 and Procter & Gamble Company (The) on 11.

Valuation

Metric KMB PG Household & Personal Products median
P/E 16.74 21.63 22.55
P/S 1.97 3.92 1.13
P/B 17.46 6.37 3.02
Price to free cash flow 17.51 21.80 17.73
EV/EBITDA 11.82 15.95 12.27
EV/Sales 2.31 4.20 1.26
Earnings yield 5.97% 4.62% 0.27%
Free cash flow yield 5.71% 4.59% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric KMB PG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 36.76% 50.18% 46.28%
Operating margin 15.16% 22.69% 0.79%
Net margin 11.79% 18.10% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 11.27% 17.99% 2.89%
Return on equity 119.32% 29.99% 2.12%
Return on assets 11.07% 12.52% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 21.13% 15.72% 0.00%

Growth

Metric KMB PG Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.01% 3.26% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (19.60%) 1.69% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.99%) 2.72% 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (2.99%) 2.34% 0.00%

Health

Metric KMB PG Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 3.48 0.63 0.46
Current ratio 0.91 0.68 1.64
Net debt to EBITDA 2.05 1.06 1.37

Dividend

Metric KMB PG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 4.10% 2.41% 1.96%
Payout ratio 0.96 0.62 0.49

Size

Metric KMB PG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 32.32b 338.83b 625.04m

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