COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY vs INTERPARFUMS, INC., two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CL and IPAR diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CL reads +0.0% and IPAR reads +6.9%; on debt / equity, CL reads 13.82 and IPAR reads 0.13. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CL price has a different growth bar priced in than IPAR (+0.0% implied for CL vs +6.9% for IPAR); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What IPAR'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 | IPAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $88.27 | $111.88 |
| Market cap | $70.8B | $3.6B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +0.0% | +6.9% |
| P/E | 34.9 | 21.4 |
| P/B | 125.04 | 3.29 |
| P/S | 3.36 | 2.39 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.5 | 12.5 |
| Revenue growth | +5.3% | +3.0% |
| Gross margin | 61.5% | 65.5% |
| Operating margin | 18.9% | 14.3% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 11.2% |
| Return on equity | 360.1% | 15.4% |
| Return on assets | 12.1% | 11.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.2% | 16.6% |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | 6.9% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | 13.82 | 0.13 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 3.31 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.34 | 7.82 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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