Haleon plc vs PROCTER & GAMBLE CO, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HLN and PG diverge most: on debt / equity, HLN reads 0.00 and PG reads 0.68; on implied growth (priced in), HLN reads +16.2% and PG reads +0.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's HLN price has a different growth bar priced in than PG (+16.2% implied for HLN vs +0.4% for PG); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What HLN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What PG'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 | HLN | PG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.77 | $147.02 |
| Market cap | $87.8B | $355.3B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.2% | +0.4% |
| P/E | 41.5 | 21.5 |
| P/B | 4.21 | 6.49 |
| P/S | 6.29 | 4.10 |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.5 | 16.9 |
| Revenue growth | +3.9% | +3.4% |
| Gross margin | 64.2% | — |
| Operating margin | 21.9% | 21.6% |
| Net margin | 15.2% | 19.2% |
| Return on equity | 10.2% | 30.4% |
| Return on assets | 5.2% | 12.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.4% | 17.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.3% | 4.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.68 |
| Current ratio | 0.92 | 0.73 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.34 | 5.07 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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