CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. vs e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHD and ELF diverge most: on operating margin, CHD reads 19.8% and ELF reads -11.2%; on fcf yield, CHD reads 0.2% and ELF reads 4.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CHD's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What ELF's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHD | ELF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $97.75 | $77.35 |
| Market cap | $23.3B | $4.7B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +6.9% | — |
| P/E | 32.1 | 168.2 |
| P/B | 5.56 | 4.12 |
| P/S | 3.75 | 2.84 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.9 | 60.0 |
| Revenue growth | +2.2% | +24.0% |
| Gross margin | 46.4% | 72.7% |
| Operating margin | 19.8% | -11.2% |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 17.5% | 2.3% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | 3.0% |
| FCF yield | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.53 | 0.74 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 2.35 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.81 | 2.96 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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