Kenvue Inc. vs UNILEVER PLC, two Household Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Kenvue sells consumer-health brands like Tylenol and Band-Aid, earning 10.61% margin and 15.29% return on equity at $36.7B. Unilever is a much larger staples house, $132.2B, wider at 19.82% margin. Both are reasonably priced, Kenvue at 22.76 times earnings and Unilever at 12.87, though the giant is cheaper per dollar of profit. Kenvue pays a heftier 4.31% dividend and generates 4.96% free-cash yield against Unilever's 5.7%. Kenvue runs a light 0.15 debt load while Unilever carries none. On book Kenvue trades at 3.46 times. A focused health-brand spinoff beside a diversified global staples name, both delivering dependable cash to holders.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | KVUE | UL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.46 | $61.73 |
| Market cap | $37.4B | $134.8B |
| Sector | Household Products | Household Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -2.2% | — |
| P/E | 23.2 | 13.1 |
| P/B | 3.53 | 7.05 |
| P/S | 2.45 | 2.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.9 | 11.6 |
| Revenue growth | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| Gross margin | 58.9% | 47.0% |
| Operating margin | 19.6% | 17.9% |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 19.8% |
| Return on equity | 15.3% | 56.9% |
| Return on assets | 6.0% | 14.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.2% | 36.7% |
| FCF yield | 4.9% | 5.6% |
| Dividend yield | 4.2% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.98 | 0.79 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.03 | 2.47 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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