CHWY vs PAHC vs UL Stock Comparison

Chewy, Phibro Animal Health and Unilever Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CHWY Chewy, Inc.
$21.51 +17.6% 1M -37.9% 1Y
Market cap
$8.37B
P/E
30.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$13.07B
Div. yield
–
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
2 wins
UL Unilever Plc
$65.04 +4.0% 1M -7.8% 1Y
Market cap
$140.05B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$64.28B
Div. yield
–
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
3 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Phibro Animal Health leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Phibro Animal Health 5, Unilever 3, Chewy 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCHWYPAHCULLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.37B $1.55B $140.05B UL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.6x 15.5x — PAHC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 28.3x 11.2x 19.1x PAHC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.9% +17.1% -2.6% PAHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 2.1% 6.6% — PAHC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 14.2% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 2.1x — CHWY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -37.9% -8.0% -7.8% UL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -21.6%/yr +11.6%/yr +1.4%/yr PAHC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.2% 55.5% 24.9% UL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 68/100 20/100 CHWY

Percentile Scorecard

CHWYPAHCUL

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

AxisCHWYPAHCUL
Valuation 56 #20 of 44 92 #54 of 625 0 #44 of 44
Growth 90 #5 of 40 85 #90 of 602 –
Profitability 57 #17 of 38 86 #81 of 551 –
Financial Health 62 #18 of 46 26 #485 of 656 42 #27 of 46
Shareholder Returns 86 #5 of 30 54 #170 of 365 17 #25 of 30
Overall 70 68 20
  • CHWY ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods
  • PAHC ranked among 672 companies in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
  • UL ranked among 47 companies in Branded Foods

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCHWYPAHCULSPY
1 month +17.6%+11.4%+4.0% -0.2%
3 months -6.2%+5.5%-2.8% +3.9%
6 months -15.9%-29.3%+12.7% +8.2%
Year to date -34.9%+2.7%-0.6% +12.9%
1 year -37.9%-8.0%-7.8% +12.3%
3 years +19.4%+256.4%+25.0% +87.4%
3 years, per year +6.1%+52.8%+7.7% +23.3%
5 years -70.4%+73.0%+7.3% +67.9%
5 years, per year -21.6%+11.6%+1.4% +10.9%
10 years —+49.0%+38.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+4.1%+3.3% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCHWYPAHCULSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.2%55.5%24.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 47.8%59.8%24.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.780.750.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.80-0.14-0.31 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.2%-57.9%-26.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.2%-35.6%-12.8% -1.2%
52-week high $35.37$59.58$74.59 $779.14
52-week low $17.51$28.52$55.05 $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.

MultipleCHWYPAHCUL
P/E now vs peer median 31.9xmedian 22.3x 15.6xmedian 17.2x —median 22.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.7x 1.0xmedian 9.0x 2.2xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 18.2xmedian 12.3x 8.2xmedian 16.3x —median 12.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 13.8x 157.7xmedian 18.7x —median 13.8x
P/B now vs peer median 23.3xmedian 1.5x 4.0xmedian 2.2x 7.7xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.42median 0.57 0.35median 0.33 —median 0.57

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 monthsCHWYPAHCUL
Revenue $13.07B $1.52B $64.28B
Gross profit $3.91B $512.52M –
Operating income $328.20M $194.40M –
Net income $273.70M $99.72M –
Free cash flow $568.10M $9.87M –
EPS (diluted) $0.67 $2.43 –
Cash & equivalents $611.00M $61.42M $5.40B
Total debt $591.70M $2.49B $27.38B
Shares (diluted) 410.10M 40.96M 2.20B
Enterprise value $5.65B $1.23B $91.51B

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
MetricCHWYPAHCUL
P/E 31.9x 15.6x –
P/FCF 15.2x 157.7x –
P/Operating cash flow 12.0x 22.6x –
P/S 0.7x 1.0x 2.2x
P/B 23.3x 4.0x 7.7x
P/Tangible book 39.1x 4.4x -90.9x
EV/EBITDA 18.2x 8.2x –
EV/EBIT 26.2x 10.8x –
EV/Revenue 0.7x 1.4x 2.4x
EV/FCF 15.2x 211.9x –
EV/Operating cash flow 12.0x 30.3x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.42 0.35 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCHWYPAHCUL
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.9% 17.1% -2.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.4% 15.8% 147.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.6% 28.1% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.5% 19.8% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 102.0% 76.0% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 139.1% 39.3% –
Net income growth (1Y) 81.1% 106.6% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) 73.8% 45.2% –
EPS growth (1Y) 89.2% 105.2% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) 76.8% 44.6% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 17.3% -13.9% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 73.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 22.7% -76.4% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.6% 31.2% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCHWYPAHCUL
Gross margin 29.9% 33.8% –
EBITDA margin 3.6% 16.8% –
Operating margin 2.5% 12.8% –
Pretax margin 2.7% 9.0% –
Net margin 2.1% 6.6% –
FCF margin 4.3% 0.6% –
Operating cash flow margin 5.5% 4.5% –
Return on equity 68.9% 26.7% –
Return on assets 7.8% 6.8% –
Return on invested capital – 14.2% –
Return on capital employed 24.9% 16.8% –
Asset turnover 3.7x 1.0x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.6x 0.7x –
Stock comp / revenue 2.3% 0.1% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCHWYPAHCUL
Debt / assets 15.8% 41.1% 31.2%
Debt / equity 1.6x 1.6x 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 2.1x –
Debt / FCF 1.0x 62.5x –
Liabilities / assets 90.1% 74.3% 79.0%
Equity / assets 9.9% 25.7% 21.0%
Interest coverage – 4.2x –
Current ratio 0.8x 3.0x 0.7x
Quick ratio 0.4x 1.1x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.3x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 4.76 3.10 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCHWYPAHCUL
Dividend yield – 1.3% 3.3%
Net buyback yield 5.9% – –
Shareholder yield 5.9% 1.3% 3.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 19.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 197.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 0.0% –

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.

ConsensusCHWYPAHCUL
Forward P/E 28.3xFY2026 11.2xFY2027 19.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.76FY2026 $3.42FY2027 $3.40FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +46.2%FY2026 +6.2%FY2027 -7.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +47.4% +9.6% +7.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $12.87BFY2026 $1.53BFY2027 $54.72BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.1%FY2026 +0.6%FY2027 -8.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.5% -0.2% +7.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCHWYPAHCUL
Held by institutions 100.0% 51.5% 11.8%
Institutions holding 511 208 1,190
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.4% +3.1% +7.2%
Institutions buying 277 117 576
Institutions selling 155 73 440
Buyers to sellers 1.79 1.60 1.31

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.

CHWYPAHCUL
CHWY 1.00 0.19 0.19
PAHC 0.19 1.00 0.19
UL 0.19 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CHWY, PAHC and UL?

Unilever (UL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Chewy (CHWY) $8.37B, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) $1.55B, Unilever (UL) $140.05B.

Which stock is cheaper, CHWY, PAHC and UL?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Chewy (CHWY) 30.6x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 15.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) is cheapest (Chewy (CHWY) 28.3x, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 11.2x, Unilever (UL) 19.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Chewy (CHWY) +5.9%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +17.1%, Unilever (UL) -2.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) has the highest net margin (Chewy (CHWY) 2.1%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Unilever (UL) returned the most: Chewy (CHWY) -37.9%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) -8.0%, Unilever (UL) -7.8%. Over five years, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) compounded fastest (Chewy (CHWY) -21.6%/yr, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) +11.6%/yr, Unilever (UL) +1.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Chewy (CHWY) 0.00%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 0.01%, Unilever (UL) 0.00%. Chewy (CHWY) and Unilever (UL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Unilever (UL) has been the steadiest (Chewy (CHWY) 47.2%, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) 55.5%, Unilever (UL) 24.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CHWY, PAHC and UL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Phibro Animal Health (PAHC) leads on 5. 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.