EPC vs HLF vs KMB Stock Comparison

Edgewell Personal Care, Herbalife and Kimberly Clark Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EPC EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE Co
$28.06 +3.6% 1M +41.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.30B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.24B
Div. yield
–
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
1 win
HLF Herbalife Ltd.
$13.40 +11.8% 1M +57.5% 1Y
Market cap
$1.39B
P/E
8.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.20B
Div. yield
–
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
5 wins
KMB Kimberly Clark Corp
$110.15 +12.7% 1M -7.2% 1Y
Market cap
$36.43B
P/E
18.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.58B
Div. yield
0.05%
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Kimberly Clark leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Kimberly Clark 5, Herbalife 5, Edgewell Personal Care 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEPCHLFKMBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.30B $1.39B $36.43B KMB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -13.9x 8.5x 18.6x HLF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.1x 5.4x 14.5x HLF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.6% +5.5% +0.7% EPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.2% 3.2% 11.8% KMB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.4% 24.3% 19.4% HLF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 8.8x 2.6x 1.7x KMB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.05% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +41.6% +57.5% -7.2% HLF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.4%/yr -22.3%/yr -3.7%/yr KMB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.0% 58.6% 29.4% KMB
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 59/100 54/100 HLF

Percentile Scorecard

EPCHLFKMB

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

AxisEPCHLFKMB
Valuation 65 #18 of 50 100 #1 of 50 51 #25 of 50
Growth 23 #38 of 49 58 #21 of 49 44 #28 of 49
Profitability 44 #25 of 44 84 #8 of 44 81 #9 of 44
Financial Health 33 #37 of 55 28 #40 of 55 39 #34 of 55
Shareholder Returns 33 #21 of 31 23 #24 of 31 53 #15 of 31
Overall 40 59 54
  • EPC ranked among 59 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • HLF ranked among 59 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • KMB ranked among 59 companies in Household and Personal Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEPCHLFKMBSPY
1 month +3.6%+11.8%+12.7% -1.0%
3 months +1.6%+12.6%+0.4% +2.9%
6 months +19.9%-19.2%+12.6% +6.4%
Year to date +64.6%+4.0%+9.2% +11.4%
1 year +41.6%+57.5%-7.2% +13.1%
3 years -20.4%-4.0%-8.6% +79.4%
3 years, per year -7.3%-1.4%-3.0% +21.5%
5 years -20.3%-71.6%-17.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year -4.4%-22.3%-3.7% +10.9%
10 years -63.1%-57.2%-7.9% +255.2%
10 years, per year -9.5%-8.1%-0.8% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureEPCHLFKMBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.0%58.6%29.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.9%52.9%33.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.181.120.04 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.970.98-0.25 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.3%-89.2%-37.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.4%-32.9%-8.7% -2.5%
52-week high $29.66$19.96$120.66 $779.14
52-week low $15.91$7.75$93.05 $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.

MultipleEPCHLFKMB
P/E now vs peer median -13.9xmedian 18.7x 8.5xmedian 18.7x 18.7xmedian 18.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.6x 0.3xmedian 1.6x 2.2xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.7xmedian 13.0x 4.9xmedian 13.0x 13.0xmedian 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.7xmedian 19.0x 4.4xmedian 19.0x 20.1xmedian 19.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.3x -3.0xmedian 2.3x 19.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.33median 0.97 -0.74median 0.97 2.85median 0.97

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 monthsEPCHLFKMB
Revenue $2.24B $5.20B $16.58B
Gross profit $885.90M $4.04B $6.10B
Operating income $17.90M $492.30M $2.51B
Net income -$93.20M $162.90M $1.99B
Free cash flow $52.40M $322.30M $1.82B
R&D $59.40M – –
EPS (diluted) $-2.00 $1.57 $5.87
Cash & equivalents $397.10M $370.50M $956.00M
Total debt $1.28B $8.02B $28.07B
Shares (diluted) 46.60M 104.50M 333.30M
Enterprise value $149.84M -$91.50M $33.63B

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
MetricEPCHLFKMB
P/E -13.9x 8.5x 18.7x
P/FCF 24.7x 4.4x 20.1x
P/Operating cash flow 10.7x 3.7x 11.0x
P/S 0.6x 0.3x 2.2x
P/B 0.9x -3.0x 19.5x
P/Tangible book 2.0x -1.7x 20.3x
EV/EBITDA 21.7x 4.9x 13.0x
EV/EBIT 121.5x 6.2x 16.8x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 0.6x 2.5x
EV/FCF 41.5x 9.5x 23.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.9x 7.9x 12.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.33 -0.74 2.85

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEPCHLFKMB
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.6% 5.5% 0.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 1.0% -6.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.6% 5.0% 2.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.6% 1.3% -2.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -85.5% 0.7% -5.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -57.5% 4.6% 3.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -243.8% -49.9% -18.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -40.7% -10.3% 6.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -245.1% -50.1% -19.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -42.2% -11.5% 6.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 135.2% 44.7% 16.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -15.1% 8.0% 1.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 112.5% 88.0% -13.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.2% 27.4% -8.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEPCHLFKMB
Gross margin 39.5% 77.7% 36.8%
EBITDA margin 4.5% 12.1% 19.5%
Operating margin 0.8% 9.5% 15.2%
Pretax margin -1.5% 4.1% 13.5%
Net margin -4.2% 3.2% 11.8%
FCF margin 2.3% 6.2% 11.0%
Operating cash flow margin 5.4% 7.4% 20.1%
Return on equity -4.8% – 105.0%
Return on assets -2.0% 5.7% 11.1%
Return on invested capital 0.4% 24.3% 19.4%
Return on capital employed 0.6% 26.0% 23.1%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.8x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.3x 2.4x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 0.9% 0.8% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEPCHLFKMB
Debt / assets 36.2% 70.5% 35.1%
Debt / equity 0.9x -4.2x 3.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 8.8x 2.6x 1.7x
Debt / FCF 24.4x 6.3x 3.6x
Liabilities / assets 58.7% 116.6% 89.9%
Equity / assets 41.3% -16.6% 10.1%
Interest coverage 0.3x 2.5x 10.7x
Current ratio 1.8x 1.2x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.59 2.46 3.35

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEPCHLFKMB
Dividend yield 2.1% – 4.6%
Net buyback yield 1.2% 0.8% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 3.4% 0.8% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 84.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 92.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 2.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusEPCHLFKMB
Forward P/E 15.1xFY2026 5.4xFY2026 14.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.86FY2026 $2.49FY2026 $7.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -26.2%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026 +1.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.4% +29.3% -7.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.08BFY2026 $5.59BFY2026 $16.98BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -6.5%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 +3.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.1% -9.8% +5.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEPCHLFKMB
Held by institutions 100.0% 99.1% 96.8%
Institutions holding 223 235 1,710
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% -0.4% +9.1%
Institutions buying 107 129 827
Institutions selling 79 72 620
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.79 1.33

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.

EPCHLFKMB
EPC 1.00 0.33 0.42
HLF 0.33 1.00 0.25
KMB 0.42 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EPC, HLF and KMB?

Kimberly Clark (KMB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) $1.30B, Herbalife (HLF) $1.39B, Kimberly Clark (KMB) $36.43B.

Which stock is cheaper, EPC, HLF and KMB?

Herbalife (HLF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) -13.9x, Herbalife (HLF) 8.5x, Kimberly Clark (KMB) 18.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Herbalife (HLF) is cheapest (Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 15.1x, Herbalife (HLF) 5.4x, Kimberly Clark (KMB) 14.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) +11.6%, Herbalife (HLF) +5.5%, Kimberly Clark (KMB) +0.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Kimberly Clark (KMB) has the highest net margin (Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) -4.2%, Herbalife (HLF) 3.2%, Kimberly Clark (KMB) 11.8%). On return on invested capital, Herbalife (HLF) leads (Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 0.4%, Herbalife (HLF) 24.3%, Kimberly Clark (KMB) 19.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Herbalife (HLF) returned the most: Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) +41.6%, Herbalife (HLF) +57.5%, Kimberly Clark (KMB) -7.2%. Over five years, Kimberly Clark (KMB) compounded fastest (Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) -4.4%/yr, Herbalife (HLF) -22.3%/yr, Kimberly Clark (KMB) -3.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 0.00%, Herbalife (HLF) 0.00%, Kimberly Clark (KMB) 0.05%. Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) and Herbalife (HLF) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Kimberly Clark (KMB) has been the steadiest (Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 43.0%, Herbalife (HLF) 58.6%, Kimberly Clark (KMB) 29.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EPC, HLF and KMB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Kimberly Clark (KMB) 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.