BFNH vs HLF vs CL Stock Comparison

Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings, Herbalife and Colgate Palmolive Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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HLF Herbalife Ltd.
$14.39 +14.6% 1M +78.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.61B
P/E
8.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.28B
Div. yield
–
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
3 wins
CL Colgate Palmolive Co
$95.61 +13.5% 1M +27.5% 1Y
Market cap
$78.67B
P/E
38.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.28B
Div. yield
0.02%
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Colgate Palmolive leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Colgate Palmolive 6, Herbalife 3, Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBFNHHLFCLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $229.78M $1.61B $78.67B CL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2,243x 8.9x 38.3x HLF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 5.8x 25.5x HLF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +6.4% +5.9% HLF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 3.4% 9.6% CL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 23.8% 27.6% CL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.4x 1.6x CL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.02% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +875.4% +78.3% +27.5% BFNH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +34.2%/yr -19.8%/yr +4.3%/yr BFNH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 300.3% 59.0% 23.3% CL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 58/100 61/100 CL

Percentile Scorecard

BFNHHLFCL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBFNHHLFCL
Valuation 18 #42 of 51 100 #1 of 51 46 #28 of 51
Growth 96 #3 of 49 60 #20 of 49 56 #22 of 49
Profitability 7 #42 of 45 82 #9 of 45 96 #3 of 45
Financial Health 64 #20 of 54 26 #40 of 54 51 #27 of 54
Shareholder Returns – 23 #25 of 32 58 #14 of 32
Overall 46 58 61
  • BFNH ranked among 58 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • HLF ranked among 58 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • CL ranked among 58 companies in Household and Personal Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBFNHHLFCLSPY
1 month -12.6%+14.6%+13.5% -2.0%
3 months +263.8%+12.3%+3.3% -2.2%
6 months +647.8%-11.5%+10.7% +4.2%
Year to date +1,060.3%+11.6%+21.0% +10.6%
1 year +875.4%+78.3%+27.5% +10.4%
3 years +193.9%+8.5%+27.8% +73.6%
3 years, per year +43.3%+2.8%+8.5% +20.2%
5 years +334.2%-66.8%+23.7% +61.6%
5 years, per year +34.2%-19.8%+4.3% +10.1%
10 years +13,360.0%-48.7%+35.5% +261.3%
10 years, per year +63.3%-6.5%+3.1% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBFNHHLFCLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 300.3%59.0%23.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 404.2%53.2%21.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -2.371.11-0.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.921.331.18 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -94.8%-88.7%-31.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.7%-27.9%-3.6% -3.2%
52-week high $10.00$19.96$99.14 $779.14
52-week low $0.18$7.98$74.98 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBFNHHLFCL
P/E now vs peer median -2,204xmedian 19.0x 8.4xmedian 19.0x 37.1xmedian 19.0x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.7x 0.3xmedian 1.7x 3.6xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.3x 4.7xmedian 13.3x 21.6xmedian 13.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -5,384xmedian 15.9x 4.5xmedian 15.9x 20.1xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 98.0xmedian 2.2x -3.7xmedian 2.2x 118.8xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -51.32median 0.87 -2.50median 0.87 3.64median 0.87

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBFNHHLFCL
Revenue – $5.28B $21.28B
Gross profit – $4.10B $12.90B
Operating income – $505.00M $3.16B
Net income -$97.44K $176.90M $2.17B
Free cash flow -$41.93K $337.10M $3.79B
EPS (diluted) $0.00 $1.68 $2.57
Cash & equivalents $307.00 $409.20M $1.53B
Total debt – $1.93B $7.72B
Shares (diluted) 33.54M 107.30M 799.70M
Enterprise value $229.77M $22.98M $73.15B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBFNHHLFCL
P/E -2,204x 8.4x 37.1x
P/FCF -5,384x 4.5x 20.1x
P/Operating cash flow -5,384x 3.8x 17.4x
P/S – 0.3x 3.6x
P/B 98.0x -3.7x 118.8x
P/Tangible book 98.0x -2.0x -91.3x
EV/EBITDA – 4.7x 21.6x
EV/EBIT -364.9x 6.0x 26.0x
EV/Revenue – 0.6x 3.9x
EV/FCF -5,384x 9.0x 21.7x
EV/Operating cash flow -5,384x 7.6x 18.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -51.32 -2.50 3.64

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBFNHHLFCL
Revenue growth (1Y) – 6.4% 5.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 1.6% 3.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 5.9% 6.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 2.0% 5.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 3.5% -26.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 9.0% 0.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 92.5% -44.8% -28.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 41.3% -1.7% 7.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 92.1% -45.7% -28.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 42.9% -3.4% 10.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 42.9% 30.1% 8.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.0% 8.0% 10.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 42.9% 55.3% 10.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.0% 25.0% 14.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBFNHHLFCL
Gross margin – 77.6% 60.6%
EBITDA margin – 12.1% 17.9%
Operating margin – 9.6% 14.8%
Pretax margin – 4.6% 13.9%
Net margin – 3.4% 9.6%
FCF margin – 6.4% 17.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 7.5% 20.5%
Return on equity -78.2% – 360.5%
Return on assets -51.7% 6.2% 13.0%
Return on invested capital – 23.8% 27.6%
Return on capital employed -55.6% 27.4% 31.2%
Asset turnover – 1.8x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 2.2x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBFNHHLFCL
Debt / assets – 66.8% 46.1%
Debt / equity – -4.7x 12.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.4x 1.6x
Debt / FCF – 5.7x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 3.5% 114.2% 96.2%
Equity / assets 96.5% -14.2% 3.8%
Interest coverage – 2.9x 12.6x
Current ratio 25.4x 1.2x 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.0x 0.5x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 2.53 7.00

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBFNHHLFCL
Dividend yield – – 2.2%
Net buyback yield – 0.7% 1.5%
Shareholder yield – 0.7% 3.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 84.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 48.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 0.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 1.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBFNHHLFCL
Forward P/E – 5.8xFY2026 25.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $2.49FY2026 $3.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +17.5%FY2026 +1.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +29.3% +11.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $5.59BFY2026 $22.42BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +10.9%FY2026 +10.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -9.8% +2.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBFNHHLFCL
Held by institutions – 99.1% 83.8%
Institutions holding – 235 2,019
Change in shares held, QoQ – -0.4% 0.0%
Institutions buying – 129 921
Institutions selling – 72 722
Buyers to sellers – 1.79 1.28

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BFNHHLFCL
BFNH 1.00 -0.02 -0.09
HLF -0.02 1.00 0.26
CL -0.09 0.26 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BFNH, HLF and CL?

Colgate Palmolive (CL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings (BFNH) $229.78M, Herbalife (HLF) $1.61B, Colgate Palmolive (CL) $78.67B.

Which stock is cheaper, BFNH, HLF and CL?

Herbalife (HLF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings (BFNH) -2,243x, Herbalife (HLF) 8.9x, Colgate Palmolive (CL) 38.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Herbalife (HLF) is cheapest (Herbalife (HLF) 5.8x, Colgate Palmolive (CL) 25.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Herbalife (HLF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Herbalife (HLF) +6.4%, Colgate Palmolive (CL) +5.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Colgate Palmolive (CL) has the highest net margin (Herbalife (HLF) 3.4%, Colgate Palmolive (CL) 9.6%). On return on invested capital, Colgate Palmolive (CL) leads (Herbalife (HLF) 23.8%, Colgate Palmolive (CL) 27.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings (BFNH) returned the most: Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings (BFNH) +875.4%, Herbalife (HLF) +78.3%, Colgate Palmolive (CL) +27.5%. Over five years, Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings (BFNH) compounded fastest (Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings (BFNH) +34.2%/yr, Herbalife (HLF) -19.8%/yr, Colgate Palmolive (CL) +4.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings (BFNH) 0.00%, Herbalife (HLF) 0.00%, Colgate Palmolive (CL) 0.02%. Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings (BFNH) and Herbalife (HLF) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Colgate Palmolive (CL) has been the steadiest (Bioforce Nanosciences Holdings (BFNH) 300.3%, Herbalife (HLF) 59.0%, Colgate Palmolive (CL) 23.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BFNH, HLF and CL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Colgate Palmolive (CL) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.