CLOROX CO /DE/ vs ECOLAB INC., two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CLX and ECL diverge most: on revenue growth, CLX reads -3.8% and ECL reads +5.0%; on debt / equity, CLX reads 44.33 and ECL reads 0.16. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CLX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What ECL's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CLX | ECL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $95.51 | $268.68 |
| Market cap | $11.6B | $76.2B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 15.5 | 36.4 |
| P/B | 126.43 | 7.60 |
| P/S | 1.72 | 4.63 |
| EV/EBITDA | 85.9 | 25.9 |
| Revenue growth | -3.8% | +5.0% |
| Gross margin | 43.2% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 15.3% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | 821.7% | 21.0% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 8.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 18.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 2.5% |
| Dividend yield | 5.1% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 44.33 | 0.16 |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 0.99 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.10 | 4.51 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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