CLOROX CO /DE/ vs Yatsen Holding Limited, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Clorox turns steady cleaning-product sales into 11.18% margin and a 5% dividend, a $11.9B business built on repeat purchases. Yatsen is a $6.0B Chinese beauty name losing money, free-cash yield of -0.33% and no dividend. The difference is night and day. Clorox trades at a modest 15.83 times earnings on real profit; Yatsen has no earnings to price and sits at 13.84 times book anyway. Clorox is a mature cash machine paying holders a fat yield; Yatsen is a smaller, unprofitable growth bet in a different market entirely. Reliability versus hope, priced accordingly.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | CLX | YSG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $96.45 | $3.63 |
| Market cap | $11.7B | $6.8B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 15.7 | — |
| P/B | 127.68 | 15.70 |
| P/S | 1.74 | 11.00 |
| EV/EBITDA | 64.8 | — |
| Revenue growth | -3.8% | -5.8% |
| Gross margin | 43.2% | 78.2% |
| Operating margin | — | -4.3% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | -1.9% |
| Return on equity | 821.7% | -2.7% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | -2.1% |
| Return on invested capital | — | -4.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.2% | -0.3% |
| Dividend yield | 5.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 44.33 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.84 | 3.63 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.12 | 4.50 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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