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MetricCHDCHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC /DE/PGPROCTER & GAMBLE CoCLCOLGATE PALMOLIVE COKMBKIMBERLY CLARK CORPMedian of the restexcluding CHD
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$105.00▼ 0.96 (0.91%)
$159.32▲ 1.63 (1.03%)
$97.39▲ 3.99 (4.27%)
$112.31▲ 5.67 (5.32%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.9.0/109.0/109.0/107.3/109.0/10
Market value$25.83B$370.33B$78.03B$37.28B
Revenue$6.20B$87.03B$20.38B$16.45B
Profit$736.8M$16.05B$2.13B$2.02B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.1.6%3.3%1.4%-2.1%1.4%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.44.7%50.2%60.1%36.0%50.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.17.4%22.7%16.2%14.3%16.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.11.9%18.4%10.5%12.3%12.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.17.6%17.4%17.8%10.0%17.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.18.4%29.5%3948.1%134.6%134.6%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.14.3%21.1%34.1%29.0%29.0%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.35.05x23.08x36.60x18.45x23.08x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.20.85x17.01x21.53x13.86x17.01x
Price to book6.45x6.82x1445.05x24.82x24.82x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.23x1.33x295.65x10.38x10.38x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/97/95/95/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafesafesafe

How CHD compares with the others

  • CHD's operating margin of 17.4% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (16.2%).
  • Its revenue growth of 1.6% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (1.4%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 35.1x against 23.1x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.2x against 10.4x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.