CLOROX CO /DE/ vs Haleon plc, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Clorox runs cleaning and home-care brands, earning 11.18% net margin and paying a heavy 5% dividend. Haleon sells consumer-health names like Sensodyne, wider at 15.23% margin but yielding far less at nothing stated for dividends and 3.53% in free cash. On price the two split hard: Clorox trades at 15.83 times earnings against Haleon's 39.25, so buyers pay roughly two-and-a-half times more per dollar of Haleon profit. Size differs sharply too, $11.9B versus $83.0B. Clorox generates 3.2% free-cash yield; Haleon carries no net debt (d/e 0) and returns 10.19% on equity. The income-heavy cleaner and the pricey health brand make an odd pairing.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CLX | HLN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $96.45 | $9.77 |
| Market cap | $11.7B | $87.8B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +16.2% |
| P/E | 15.7 | 41.5 |
| P/B | 127.68 | 4.21 |
| P/S | 1.74 | 6.29 |
| EV/EBITDA | 64.8 | 24.5 |
| Revenue growth | -3.8% | +3.9% |
| Gross margin | 43.2% | 64.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 21.9% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 15.2% |
| Return on equity | 821.7% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 5.2% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 11.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | 5.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 44.33 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.12 | 4.34 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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