CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. vs ECOLAB INC., two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHD and ECL diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CHD reads +5.2% and ECL reads +21.4%; on debt / equity, CHD reads 0.52 and ECL reads 0.13. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CHD price has a different growth bar priced in than ECL (+5.2% implied for CHD vs +21.4% for ECL); 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 ECL's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHD | ECL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $94.14 | $276.23 |
| Market cap | $22.4B | $78.0B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.2% | +21.4% |
| P/E | 30.3 | 37.1 |
| P/B | 5.16 | 7.73 |
| P/S | 3.60 | 4.63 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.8 | 24.4 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | +7.2% |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | — |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 17.2% |
| Net margin | 12.0% | 12.6% |
| Return on equity | 17.1% | 21.0% |
| Return on assets | 8.2% | 7.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.1% | 19.5% |
| FCF yield | 5.0% | 2.4% |
| Dividend yield | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.52 | 0.13 |
| Current ratio | 1.15 | 1.84 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.72 | 3.83 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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