ECOLAB INC. vs Haleon plc, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ECL and HLN diverge most: on debt / equity, ECL reads 0.16 and HLN reads 0.00; on return on equity, ECL reads 21.0% and HLN reads 10.2%. 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 HLN'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 | ECL | HLN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $274.24 | $9.77 |
| Market cap | $77.8B | $87.8B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +16.2% |
| P/E | 37.1 | 41.5 |
| P/B | 7.76 | 4.21 |
| P/S | 4.73 | 6.29 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.4 | 24.5 |
| Revenue growth | +5.0% | +3.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 64.2% |
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 21.9% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 15.2% |
| Return on equity | 21.0% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets | 8.4% | 5.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.9% | 11.4% |
| FCF yield | 2.4% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.16 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.99 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.58 | 4.34 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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