COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY vs Estee Lauder Companies Inc, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CL and EL diverge most: on operating margin, CL reads 18.9% and EL reads -1.1%; on debt / equity, CL reads 13.82 and EL reads 0.13. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EL'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 | CL | EL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $86.84 | $97.10 |
| Market cap | $69.6B | $35.5B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +0.9% | — |
| P/E | 34.3 | 194.2 |
| P/B | 123.02 | 9.32 |
| P/S | 3.31 | 2.36 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.2 | 22.8 |
| Revenue growth | +5.3% | +5.0% |
| Gross margin | 61.5% | 75.5% |
| Operating margin | 18.9% | -1.1% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 1.2% |
| Return on equity | 360.1% | 4.8% |
| Return on assets | 12.1% | 0.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.2% | 14.3% |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | 3.7% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 13.82 | 0.13 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 1.22 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.30 | 7.64 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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