CHWY vs ELAN vs MKC Stock Comparison

Chewy, Elanco Animal Health and Mccormick Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CHWY Chewy, Inc.
$20.64 +10.8% 1M -39.6% 1Y
Market cap
$8.28B
P/E
30.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.07B
Div. yield
–
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
1 win
MKC Mccormick & Co Inc
$46.06 -5.0% 1M -30.2% 1Y
Market cap
$12.40B
P/E
8.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.69B
Div. yield
4.17%
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Mccormick leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Mccormick 7, Elanco Animal Health 3, Chewy 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCHWYELANMKCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.28B $11.31B $12.40B MKC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.6x -56.9x 8.3x MKC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.2x 20.8x 15.7x MKC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.9% +12.0% +13.2% MKC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.1% -4.0% 19.4% MKC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.1% 6.0% ELAN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 2.5x 3.6x CHWY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — — 4.17% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -39.6% +2.4% -30.2% ELAN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -22.9%/yr -7.2%/yr -10.5%/yr ELAN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.3% 42.3% 31.5% MKC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 67/100 72/100 MKC

Percentile Scorecard

CHWYELANMKC

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

AxisCHWYELANMKC
Valuation 57 #20 of 45 94 #38 of 625 64 #17 of 45
Growth 90 #5 of 42 56 #264 of 602 85 #7 of 42
Profitability 56 #18 of 40 84 #91 of 549 90 #5 of 40
Financial Health 61 #19 of 47 32 #443 of 654 52 #23 of 47
Shareholder Returns 80 #7 of 31 – 70 #10 of 31
Overall 69 67 72
  • CHWY ranked among 48 companies in Branded Foods
  • ELAN ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • MKC ranked among 48 companies in Branded Foods

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCHWYELANMKCSPY
1 month +10.8%+0.9%-5.0% +0.9%
3 months -11.4%-14.1%-11.5% +5.9%
6 months -20.5%+3.9%-8.9% +8.5%
Year to date -37.5%+0.1%-32.4% +13.3%
1 year -39.6%+2.4%-30.2% +12.4%
3 years +14.5%+155.9%-26.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year +4.6%+36.8%-9.9% +23.5%
5 years -72.8%-31.1%-42.6% +68.2%
5 years, per year -22.9%-7.2%-10.5% +11.0%
10 years ——-3.4% +263.4%
10 years, per year ——-0.3% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCHWYELANMKCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.3%42.3%31.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.1%42.8%34.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.781.30-0.35 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.840.06-0.96 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.2%-76.3%-57.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.6%-15.6%-35.7% -0.9%
52-week high $35.37$26.84$71.65 $779.14
52-week low $17.51$19.80$44.15 $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.

MultipleCHWYELANMKC
P/E now vs peer median 30.6xmedian 22.2x -56.9xmedian 17.4x 8.3xmedian 22.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 0.7x 2.3xmedian 9.1x 1.6xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 12.2x 11.1xmedian 17.1x 13.1xmedian 12.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.6xmedian 13.4x 29.9xmedian 19.0x 13.4xmedian 13.4x
P/B now vs peer median 22.4xmedian 1.6x 1.7xmedian 2.2x 1.6xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.40median 0.56 2.89median 0.34 0.26median 0.56

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 monthsCHWYELANMKC
Revenue $13.07B $5.02B $7.69B
Gross profit $3.91B $2.78B $3.00B
Operating income $328.20M $637.00M $1.03B
Net income $273.70M -$199.00M $1.51B
Free cash flow $568.10M $379.00M $925.90M
R&D – $371.00M –
EPS (diluted) $0.67 $-0.39 $5.53
Cash & equivalents $611.00M $530.00M $331.10M
Total debt $591.70M $3.92B $5.02B
Shares (diluted) 410.10M 505.90M 269.40M
Enterprise value $5.57B $9.31B $12.05B

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
MetricCHWYELANMKC
P/E 30.6x -56.9x 8.3x
P/FCF 14.6x 29.9x 13.4x
P/Operating cash flow 11.6x 18.3x 10.9x
P/S 0.6x 2.3x 1.6x
P/B 22.4x 1.7x 1.6x
P/Tangible book 37.5x 3.3x 4.7x
EV/EBITDA 17.5x 11.1x 13.1x
EV/EBIT 25.2x 23.1x 16.6x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 2.9x 2.2x
EV/FCF 14.5x 38.8x 18.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.5x 23.8x 15.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.40 2.89 0.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCHWYELANMKC
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.9% 12.0% 13.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 5.1% 5.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.6% 13.2% 15.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.5% 3.9% 7.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 102.0% 22.0% -3.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 139.1% 59.8% 3.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 81.1% -145.9% 93.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 73.8% -20.8% 32.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 89.2% -145.3% 91.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 76.8% -19.7% 32.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.3% 7.9% 29.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 73.6% 2.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 22.7% 5.0% 41.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.6% 101.8% 5.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCHWYELANMKC
Gross margin 29.9% 55.4% 39.1%
EBITDA margin 3.6% 26.5% 17.0%
Operating margin 2.5% 12.7% 13.4%
Pretax margin 2.7% -3.3% 10.8%
Net margin 2.1% -4.0% 19.4%
FCF margin 4.3% 7.5% 12.0%
Operating cash flow margin 5.5% 12.3% 14.8%
Return on equity 68.9% -3.0% 19.0%
Return on assets 7.8% -1.5% 8.7%
Return on invested capital – 6.1% 6.0%
Return on capital employed 24.9% 5.5% 8.5%
Asset turnover 3.7x 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.6x -3.1x 0.8x
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 1.5% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCHWYELANMKC
Debt / assets 15.8% 28.9% 30.1%
Debt / equity 1.6x 0.6x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 2.5x 3.6x
Debt / FCF 1.0x 10.3x 5.4x
Liabilities / assets 90.1% 51.4% 54.4%
Equity / assets 9.9% 48.6% 45.6%
Interest coverage – 2.6x 4.6x
Current ratio 0.8x 2.1x 0.7x
Quick ratio 0.4x 0.9x 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 4.70 1.46 1.78

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCHWYELANMKC
Dividend yield – – 4.2%
Net buyback yield 6.2% – -0.1%
Shareholder yield 6.2% – 4.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 33.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 54.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 6.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 7.1%

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.

ConsensusCHWYELANMKC
Forward P/E 27.2xFY2026 20.8xFY2026 15.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.76FY2026 $1.09FY2026 $2.93FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +46.2%FY2026 +16.0%FY2026 -2.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +47.4% +23.9% +11.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.87BFY2026 $4.79BFY2026 $7.53BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.1%FY2026 +1.6%FY2026 +10.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.5% +19.7% +12.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCHWYELANMKC
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 88.9%
Institutions holding 511 523 948
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.4% +4.4% +4.8%
Institutions buying 277 246 478
Institutions selling 155 209 342
Buyers to sellers 1.79 1.18 1.40

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.

CHWYELANMKC
CHWY 1.00 0.23 0.14
ELAN 0.23 1.00 0.09
MKC 0.14 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CHWY, ELAN and MKC?

Mccormick (MKC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Chewy (CHWY) $8.28B, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) $11.31B, Mccormick (MKC) $12.40B.

Which stock is cheaper, CHWY, ELAN and MKC?

Mccormick (MKC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Chewy (CHWY) 30.6x, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -56.9x, Mccormick (MKC) 8.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Mccormick (MKC) is cheapest (Chewy (CHWY) 27.2x, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 20.8x, Mccormick (MKC) 15.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Mccormick (MKC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Chewy (CHWY) +5.9%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) +12.0%, Mccormick (MKC) +13.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mccormick (MKC) has the highest net margin (Chewy (CHWY) 2.1%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -4.0%, Mccormick (MKC) 19.4%). On return on invested capital, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) leads (Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 6.1%, Mccormick (MKC) 6.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) returned the most: Chewy (CHWY) -39.6%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) +2.4%, Mccormick (MKC) -30.2%. Over five years, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) compounded fastest (Chewy (CHWY) -22.9%/yr, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) -7.2%/yr, Mccormick (MKC) -10.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Mccormick (MKC) 4.17%. Chewy (CHWY) and Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mccormick (MKC) has been the steadiest (Chewy (CHWY) 47.3%, Elanco Animal Health (ELAN) 42.3%, Mccormick (MKC) 31.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CHWY, ELAN and MKC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Mccormick (MKC) leads on 7. 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.