Procter & Gamble Company (The) (PG) vs Unilever PLC (UL)

Procter & Gamble Company (The) and Unilever PLC are both Household & Personal Products companies. Procter & Gamble Company (The) is the larger, with a market value of $364.9B against $139.3B — 2.6× the size. Unilever PLC trades at the lower P/E: 11.2× against 23.5×. Unilever PLC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.30% against 3.26%. Procter & Gamble Company (The) has the higher net margin (18.1% vs 12.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.7% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Unilever PLC yields more (3.36% vs 2.70%). Across the 20 metrics below, Unilever PLC leads on 11 and Procter & Gamble Company (The) on 9.

Valuation

Metric PG UL Household & Personal Products median
P/E 23.53 11.16 23.53
P/S 4.26 n/m 1.58
P/B 6.93 n/m 3.36
Price to free cash flow 23.71 n/m 19.95
EV/EBITDA 17.26 0.12 13.02
EV/Sales 4.54 0.02 1.42
Earnings yield 4.25% 8.96% 0.25%
Free cash flow yield 4.22% 0.00% 3.66%

Profitability

Metric PG UL Household & Personal Products median
Gross margin 50.18% 0.00% 47.14%
Operating margin 22.69% 0.00% 1.31%
Net margin 18.10% 12.03% 0.61%
Free cash flow margin 17.99% 0.00% 2.89%
Return on equity 29.99% 0.00% 2.12%
Return on assets 12.52% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 15.72% 0.00% 0.24%

Growth

Metric PG UL Household & Personal Products median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.26% 5.30% 2.93%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.69% 75.13% (12.73%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.72% (0.28%) 2.03%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 2.34% 10.94% 0.00%

Health

Metric PG UL Household & Personal Products median
Debt to equity 0.63 0.00 0.46
Current ratio 0.68 0.74 1.59
Net debt to EBITDA 1.06 (0.49) 1.37

Dividend

Metric PG UL Household & Personal Products median
Dividend yield 2.70% 3.36% 2.79%
Payout ratio 0.65 — 0.87

Size

Metric PG UL Household & Personal Products median
Market cap 364.85b 139.28b 620.01m

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