Colgate-Palmolive vs Reynolds Consumer Products
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I put Colgate-Palmolive and Reynolds Consumer Products side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Colgate-Palmolive is the larger business, with $20.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.7B for Reynolds Consumer Products, about 5.5 times as much.
- Colgate-Palmolive grew revenue faster (1.4%, against 0.7%).
- Colgate-Palmolive turned more of its sales into free cash flow (17.8% FCF margin, against 8.5%).
- Colgate-Palmolive earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (37.3%, against 9.9%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Colgate-Palmolive’s earnings: a P/E of 36.8x against 14.7x for Reynolds Consumer Products.
Who comes out ahead
Of the 9 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Colgate-Palmolive
CL
8/9
Revenue growth5-year growthGross marginNet marginFCF marginReturn on capitalNet debt / EBITDAShare count change
Reynolds Consumer Products
REYN
0/9
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | CL FY25 | REYN FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $74.6B | $4.9B |
| Revenue | $20.4B | $3.7B |
| Free cash flow | $3.6B | $316M |
| Net income | $2.1B | $301M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 1.4% | 0.7% |
| 5-year growth | 4.4% | 2.7% |
| Share count change | −1.5% | 0.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 60.1% | 24.6% |
| Operating margin | 16.2% | — |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 8.1% |
| FCF margin | 17.8% | 8.5% |
| Return on capital | 37.3% | 9.9% |
| Return on equity | — | 13.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $6.4B | $1.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.6x | 2.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $3.0B | $192M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 36.8x | 14.7x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
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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.