CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. vs UNILEVER PLC, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHD and UL diverge most: on revenue growth, CHD reads +2.6% and UL reads -0.4%; on debt / equity, CHD reads 0.52 and UL reads 0.00. 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). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHD | UL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $98.07 | $62.25 |
| Market cap | $23.4B | $136.0B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +5.0% | — |
| P/E | 31.5 | 13.2 |
| P/B | 5.37 | 7.11 |
| P/S | 3.75 | 2.48 |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.0 | 11.7 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | -0.4% |
| Gross margin | 45.4% | 47.0% |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 17.9% |
| Net margin | 12.0% | 19.8% |
| Return on equity | 17.1% | 56.9% |
| Return on assets | 8.2% | 14.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.1% | 36.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.52 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.15 | 0.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.84 | 2.48 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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