CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. vs Haleon plc, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHD and HLN diverge most: on debt / equity, CHD reads 0.53 and HLN reads 0.00; on fcf yield, CHD reads 0.2% and HLN reads 3.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CHD price has a different growth bar priced in than HLN (+5.8% implied for CHD vs +16.2% for HLN); 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 HLN'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 | HLN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $96.34 | $9.77 |
| Market cap | $22.9B | $87.8B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.8% | +16.2% |
| P/E | 31.7 | 41.5 |
| P/B | 5.48 | 4.21 |
| P/S | 3.70 | 6.29 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.6 | 24.5 |
| Revenue growth | +2.2% | +3.9% |
| Gross margin | 46.4% | 64.2% |
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 21.9% |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 15.2% |
| Return on equity | 17.5% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 5.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | 11.4% |
| FCF yield | 0.2% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.53 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.77 | 4.34 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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