COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY vs Yatsen Holding Limited, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CL and YSG diverge most: on revenue growth, CL reads +4.3% and YSG reads -5.8%; on operating margin, CL reads 18.1% and YSG reads -4.3%. 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). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CL | YSG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $92.27 | $3.63 |
| Market cap | $74.3B | $6.8B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +0.1% | — |
| P/E | 35.8 | — |
| P/B | 152.85 | 15.70 |
| P/S | 3.57 | 11.00 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.1 | — |
| Revenue growth | +4.3% | -5.8% |
| Gross margin | 60.6% | 78.2% |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | -4.3% |
| Net margin | 10.0% | -1.9% |
| Return on equity | 429.6% | -2.7% |
| Return on assets | 12.6% | -2.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 28.9% | -4.9% |
| FCF yield | 5.1% | -0.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | — |
| Debt / equity | 16.33 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.02 | 3.63 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.48 | 4.50 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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