Church & Dwight vs Kimberly-Clark
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The short version
- Kimberly-Clark is the larger business, with $16.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $6.2B for Church & Dwight, about 2.7 times as much.
- Church & Dwight grew revenue faster (1.6%, against −2.1%).
- Church & Dwight kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (17.4% operating margin, against 14.3%).
- Church & Dwight turned more of its sales into free cash flow (17.6% FCF margin, against 10.0%).
- Kimberly-Clark earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (21.5%, against 14.6%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Church & Dwight’s earnings: a P/E of 33.7x against 18.7x for Kimberly-Clark.
| Latest fiscal year | CHD · FY25 | KMB · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $25.1B | $36.7B |
| Revenue | $6.2B | $16.4B |
| Free cash flow | $1.1B | $1.6B |
| Net income | $737M | $2.0B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 1.6% | −2.1% |
| 5-year growth | 4.9% | −3.0% |
| Share count change | −1.1% | −1.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 44.7% | 36.0% |
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 14.3% |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 12.3% |
| FCF margin | 17.6% | 10.0% |
| Return on capital | 14.6% | 21.5% |
| Return on equity | 17.6% | 172.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.8B | $6.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.4x | 2.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.2B | $1.8B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 33.7x | 18.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
Revenue
FY16
CHD $3.5B
KMB $18.3B
FY17
CHD $3.8B
KMB $18.3B
FY18
CHD $4.1B
KMB $18.5B
FY19
CHD $4.4B
KMB $18.5B
FY20
CHD $4.9B
KMB $19.1B
FY21
CHD $5.2B
KMB $19.4B
FY22
CHD $5.4B
KMB $20.2B
FY23
CHD $5.9B
KMB $17.1B
FY24
CHD $6.1B
KMB $16.8B
FY25
CHD $6.2B
KMB $16.4B
CHD
KMB
Operating margin
FY16
CHD 20.7%
KMB 18.5%
FY17
CHD 19.4%
KMB 18.3%
FY18
CHD 19.1%
KMB 12.1%
FY19
CHD 19.3%
KMB 16.2%
FY20
CHD 21.0%
KMB 17.0%
FY21
CHD 20.8%
KMB 13.2%
FY22
CHD 11.1%
KMB 13.3%
FY23
CHD 18.0%
KMB 11.2%
FY24
CHD 13.2%
KMB 16.1%
FY25
CHD 17.4%
KMB 14.3%
CHD
KMB
Free cash flow
FY16
CHD $606M
KMB $2.5B
FY17
CHD $637M
KMB $2.1B
FY18
CHD $703M
KMB $2.1B
FY19
CHD $791M
KMB $1.5B
FY20
CHD $891M
KMB $2.5B
FY21
CHD $875M
KMB $1.7B
FY22
CHD $706M
KMB $1.9B
FY23
CHD $807M
KMB $2.8B
FY24
CHD $976M
KMB $2.5B
FY25
CHD $1.1B
KMB $1.6B
CHD
KMB
Return on capital
FY16
CHD 16.7%
KMB 33.6%
FY17
CHD 20.3%
KMB 34.4%
FY18
CHD 14.6%
KMB 22.7%
FY19
CHD 15.2%
KMB 32.6%
FY20
CHD 17.4%
KMB 30.4%
FY21
CHD 16.4%
KMB 22.4%
FY22
CHD 8.3%
KMB 23.8%
FY23
CHD 14.0%
KMB 19.2%
FY24
CHD 10.9%
KMB 29.9%
FY25
CHD 14.6%
KMB 21.5%
CHD
KMB
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.