The Clorox Company vs UNILEVER PLC, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CLX and UL diverge most: on debt / equity, CLX reads 44.33 and UL reads 0.00; on return on invested capital, CLX reads 1.0% and UL reads 36.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CLX | UL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $83.80 | $62.25 |
| Market cap | $10.2B | $136.0B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 13.6 | 13.2 |
| P/B | 110.93 | 7.11 |
| P/S | 1.51 | 2.48 |
| EV/EBITDA | 58.0 | 11.7 |
| Revenue growth | -3.8% | -0.4% |
| Gross margin | 43.2% | 47.0% |
| Operating margin | — | 17.9% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | 19.8% |
| Return on equity | 821.7% | 56.9% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 14.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 1.0% | 36.7% |
| FCF yield | 3.7% | 5.5% |
| Dividend yield | 5.8% | — |
| Debt / equity | 44.33 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 0.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.97 | 2.48 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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