The Clorox Company vs THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC., two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CLX and EL diverge most: on revenue growth, CLX reads -3.8% and EL reads +5.0%; on return on equity, CLX reads 821.7% and EL reads 4.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | CLX | EL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $83.80 | $98.03 |
| Market cap | $10.2B | $35.8B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +23.5% |
| P/E | 13.6 | 196.1 |
| P/B | 110.93 | 9.41 |
| P/S | 1.51 | 2.38 |
| EV/EBITDA | 58.0 | 25.1 |
| Revenue growth | -3.8% | +5.0% |
| Gross margin | 43.2% | 75.5% |
| Operating margin | — | -1.1% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 1.2% |
| Return on equity | 821.7% | 4.8% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 0.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.0% | 5.5% |
| FCF yield | 3.7% | 3.7% |
| Dividend yield | 5.8% | 1.4% |
| Debt / equity | 44.33 | 1.92 |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 1.22 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.97 | 7.64 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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