Energizer
ENR · Household Products
$22.57
3.7%Universal
UVV · Tobacco
$39.29
1.0%The short version
- Energizer is the larger business, with $3.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $2.9B for Universal.
- Energizer grew revenue faster (2.3%, against −1.3%).
- Universal turned more of its sales into free cash flow (2.8% FCF margin, against 2.1% FCF margin).
- Energizer earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (11.1%, against 4.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Universal’s earnings: a P/E of 51.7x against 6.8x for Energizer.
| Latest fiscal year | ENR · FY25 | UVV · FY26 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.6B | $986M |
| Revenue | $3.0B | $2.9B |
| Free cash flow | $63.2M | $80.3M |
| Net income | $239M | $32.6M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 2.3% | −1.3% |
| 5-year growth | 1.5% | 8.0% |
| Share count change | −1.0% | 0.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 41.8% | 16.4% |
| Operating margin | — | 5.8% |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 1.1% |
| FCF margin | 2.1% | 2.8% |
| Return on capital | 11.1% | 4.0% |
| Return on equity | — | 2.3% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $3.3B | $842M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.8x | 3.8x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $177M | $81.3M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 6.8x | 51.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 5 |
FY17
ENR $1.8B
UVV $2.0B
FY18
ENR $1.8B
UVV $2.0B
FY19
ENR $2.5B
UVV $2.2B
FY20
ENR $2.7B
UVV $1.9B
FY21
ENR $3.0B
UVV $2.0B
FY22
ENR $3.1B
UVV $2.1B
FY23
ENR $3.0B
UVV $2.5B
FY24
ENR $2.9B
UVV $2.7B
FY25
ENR $3.0B
UVV $2.9B
FY26
ENR —
UVV $2.9B
ENR
UVV
FY17
ENR —
UVV 8.7%
FY18
ENR —
UVV 8.5%
FY19
ENR —
UVV 7.3%
FY20
ENR —
UVV 6.7%
FY21
ENR —
UVV 7.5%
FY22
ENR —
UVV 7.7%
FY23
ENR —
UVV 7.1%
FY24
ENR —
UVV 8.2%
FY25
ENR —
UVV 8.0%
FY26
ENR —
UVV 5.8%
ENR
UVV
FY17
ENR $172M
UVV $215M
FY18
ENR $205M
UVV $47.2M
FY19
ENR $94.4M
UVV $126M
FY20
ENR $311M
UVV −$24.3M
FY21
ENR $115M
UVV $154M
FY22
ENR −$76.8M
UVV −$8.3M
FY23
ENR $338M
UVV −$65.2M
FY24
ENR $332M
UVV −$141M
FY25
ENR $63.2M
UVV $264M
FY26
ENR —
UVV $80.3M
ENR
UVV
FY17
ENR 34.9%
UVV 7.8%
FY18
ENR 24.6%
UVV 7.8%
FY19
ENR 12.2%
UVV 7.6%
FY20
ENR 4.6%
UVV 5.6%
FY21
ENR 8.3%
UVV 6.7%
FY22
ENR −3.3%
UVV 6.2%
FY23
ENR 8.0%
UVV 7.9%
FY24
ENR 4.5%
UVV 7.8%
FY25
ENR 11.1%
UVV 7.2%
FY26
ENR —
UVV 4.0%
ENR
UVV
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