CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. vs Kenvue Inc., two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHD and KVUE diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CHD reads +6.9% and KVUE reads -1.4%; on revenue growth, CHD reads +2.2% and KVUE reads +0.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CHD price has a different growth bar priced in than KVUE (+6.9% implied for CHD vs -1.4% for KVUE); 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 KVUE'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 | KVUE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $97.75 | $19.26 |
| Market cap | $23.3B | $37.0B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +6.9% | -1.4% |
| P/E | 32.1 | 22.9 |
| P/B | 5.56 | 3.49 |
| P/S | 3.75 | 2.42 |
| EV/EBITDA | 18.9 | 11.8 |
| Revenue growth | +2.2% | +0.1% |
| Gross margin | 46.4% | 58.9% |
| Operating margin | 19.8% | 19.6% |
| Net margin | 11.8% | 10.6% |
| Return on equity | 17.5% | 15.3% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 6.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.3% | 15.2% |
| FCF yield | 0.2% | 4.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.53 | 0.15 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 0.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.81 | 2.02 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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