ECOLAB INC. vs e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ECL and ELF diverge most: on operating margin, ECL reads 15.3% and ELF reads -11.2%; on return on equity, ECL reads 21.0% and ELF reads 2.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ECL's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What ELF'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 | ECL | ELF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $277.66 | $82.95 |
| Market cap | $78.8B | $5.0B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +22.7% | — |
| P/E | 37.6 | 180.3 |
| P/B | 7.85 | 4.42 |
| P/S | 4.79 | 3.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.7 | 63.9 |
| Revenue growth | +5.0% | +24.0% |
| Gross margin | — | 72.7% |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | -11.2% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 21.0% | 2.3% |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | 1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.9% | 3.0% |
| FCF yield | 2.4% | 3.8% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.16 | 0.74 |
| Current ratio | 0.99 | 2.35 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.62 | 3.12 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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