Waldencast PLC (MLKMF) vs United-Guardian, Inc. (UG)

Waldencast PLC and United-Guardian, Inc. are both Household & Personal Products companies. Waldencast PLC is the larger, with a market value of $111.9M against $32.2M — 3.5× the size. Waldencast PLC has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; United-Guardian, Inc. trades at 12.8×. United-Guardian, Inc. has the higher net margin (22.0% vs 0.00%) and the higher return on invested capital (71.6% vs 0.00%). Across the 14 metrics below, United-Guardian, Inc. leads on 12 and Waldencast PLC on 2.

Valuation

Metric MLKMF UG Household & Personal Products median
P/E n/m 12.78 22.64
P/S n/m 2.83 1.30
P/B 0.01 2.73 2.98
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.30 18.14
EV/EBITDA n/m 9.02 12.32
EV/Sales n/m 1.97 1.25
Earnings yield (399.59%) 7.83% 0.26%
Free cash flow yield (445.32%) 10.75% 3.98%

Profitability

Metric MLKMF UG Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin — 46.90% 47.14%
Operating margin 0.00% 20.82% 1.31%
Net margin 0.00% 22.00% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 30.41% 2.89%
Return on equity 0.00% 21.35% 2.12%
Return on assets 0.00% 18.27% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 71.59% 0.24%

Growth

Metric MLKMF UG Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) — 3.23% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (415.38%) (35.21%) (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR — (0.82%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (8.62%) 0.00%

Health

Metric MLKMF UG Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.35 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 1.53 7.32 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA (0.74) (3.65) 1.37

Dividend

Metric MLKMF UG Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield — 7.97% 2.93%
Payout ratio — 1.02 0.87

Size

Metric MLKMF UG Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 111.87m 32.16m 582.01m

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