CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. vs COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHD and CL diverge most: on debt / equity, CHD reads 0.52 and CL reads 13.82; on p/b, CHD reads 5.16 and CL reads 123.02. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CHD price has a different growth bar priced in than CL (+5.2% implied for CHD vs +0.9% for CL); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CHD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What CL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHD | CL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $94.14 | $86.84 |
| Market cap | $22.4B | $69.6B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.2% | +0.9% |
| P/E | 30.3 | 34.3 |
| P/B | 5.16 | 123.02 |
| P/S | 3.60 | 3.31 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.8 | 20.2 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | +5.3% |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | 61.5% |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 18.9% |
| Net margin | 12.0% | 9.7% |
| Return on equity | 17.1% | 360.1% |
| Return on assets | 8.2% | 12.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.1% | 28.2% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 5.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.52 | 13.82 |
| Current ratio | 1.15 | 1.03 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.72 | 6.30 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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