EPC vs HLF vs MLKMF Stock Comparison

Edgewell Personal Care, Herbalife and Waldencast Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EPC EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE Co
$27.68 -2.2% 1M +41.0% 1Y
Market cap
$1.28B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.24B
Div. yield
2.17%
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
3 wins
HLF Herbalife Ltd.
$13.39 +6.3% 1M +65.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.40B
P/E
8.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.20B
Div. yield
–
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
7 wins
MLKMF Waldencast plc
$0.80 -24.5% 1M -57.2% 1Y
Market cap
$91.26M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Cosmetics Consumer Staples

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Herbalife leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Herbalife 7, Edgewell Personal Care 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEPCHLFMLKMFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.28B $1.40B $91.26M HLF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -13.7x 8.5x — –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.9x 5.4x — HLF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.6% +5.5% — EPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.2% 3.2% — HLF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 0.4% 24.3% — HLF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 8.8x 2.6x — HLF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.17% 0.00% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +41.0% +65.1% -57.2% HLF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.6%/yr -22.0%/yr -39.3%/yr EPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.0% 58.5% 100.9% EPC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 41/100 59/100 — HLF

Percentile Scorecard

EPCHLFMLKMF

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

AxisEPCHLFMLKMF
Valuation 69 #17 of 52 100 #1 of 52 –
Growth 22 #39 of 50 59 #21 of 50 –
Profitability 46 #25 of 45 84 #8 of 45 –
Financial Health 35 #37 of 56 29 #40 of 56 66 #20 of 56
Shareholder Returns 33 #21 of 31 23 #24 of 31 –
Overall 41 59 –
  • EPC ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • HLF ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • MLKMF ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEPCHLFMLKMFSPY
1 month -2.2%+6.3%-24.5% +0.9%
3 months -1.9%+7.1%-50.6% +5.9%
6 months +27.3%-16.2%+5.3% +8.5%
Year to date +62.3%+3.9%-57.4% +13.3%
1 year +41.0%+65.1%-57.2% +12.4%
3 years -19.3%-4.0%-90.9% +88.1%
3 years, per year -6.9%-1.4%-55.1% +23.5%
5 years -20.9%-71.1%-91.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year -4.6%-22.0%-39.3% +11.0%
10 years -63.6%-55.5%— +263.4%
10 years, per year -9.6%-7.8%— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureEPCHLFMLKMFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.0%58.5%100.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 41.0%52.9%89.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.191.151.33 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.951.11-0.57 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -69.3%-89.0%-93.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.7%-32.9%-74.0% -0.9%
52-week high $29.66$19.96$3.08 $779.14
52-week low $15.91$7.75$0.75 $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.

MultipleEPCHLFMLKMF
P/E now vs peer median -13.7xmedian 18.4x 8.5xmedian 18.4x —median 18.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.6x 0.3xmedian 1.6x —median 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.6xmedian 12.8x 4.9xmedian 12.8x —median 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.3xmedian 18.7x 4.4xmedian 18.7x —median 18.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.1x -3.0xmedian 2.1x 0.2xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.32median 0.97 -0.74median 0.97 —median 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 monthsEPCHLFMLKMF
Revenue $2.24B $5.20B –
Gross profit $885.90M $4.04B –
Operating income $17.90M $492.30M –
Net income -$93.20M $162.90M –
Free cash flow $52.40M $322.30M –
R&D $59.40M – –
EPS (diluted) $-2.00 $1.57 –
Cash & equivalents $397.10M $370.50M $7.82M
Total debt $1.28B $8.02B $631.43M
Shares (diluted) 46.60M 104.50M 114.07M
Enterprise value $129.73M -$69.43M $29.29M

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
MetricEPCHLFMLKMF
P/E -13.7x 8.5x –
P/FCF 24.3x 4.4x –
P/Operating cash flow 10.5x 3.7x –
P/S 0.6x 0.3x –
P/B 0.9x -3.0x 0.2x
P/Tangible book 2.0x -1.7x 0.3x
EV/EBITDA 21.6x 4.9x –
EV/EBIT 120.5x 6.2x –
EV/Revenue 1.0x 0.6x –
EV/FCF 41.2x 9.5x –
EV/Operating cash flow 17.8x 7.9x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.32 -0.74 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEPCHLFMLKMF
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.6% 5.5% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.2% 1.0% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 1.6% 5.0% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.6% 1.3% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -85.5% 0.7% –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -57.5% 4.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) -243.8% -49.9% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -40.7% -10.3% –
EPS growth (1Y) -245.1% -50.1% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -42.2% -11.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 135.2% 44.7% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -15.1% 8.0% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 112.5% 88.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.2% 27.4% –

Profitability

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

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEPCHLFMLKMF
Debt / assets 36.2% 70.5% 23.1%
Debt / equity 0.9x -4.2x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 8.8x 2.6x –
Debt / FCF 24.4x 6.3x –
Liabilities / assets 58.7% 116.6% 39.5%
Equity / assets 41.3% -16.6% 60.5%
Interest coverage 0.3x 2.5x –
Current ratio 1.8x 1.2x 4.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.5x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.7x 0.4x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.59 2.46 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEPCHLFMLKMF
Dividend yield 2.2% – –
Net buyback yield 1.2% 0.8% –
Shareholder yield 3.4% 0.8% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
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.

ConsensusEPCHLFMLKMF
Forward P/E 14.9xFY2026 5.4xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.86FY2026 $2.49FY2026 $-0.51FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -26.2%FY2026 +17.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +13.4% +29.3% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.08BFY2026 $5.59BFY2026 $272.64MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -6.5%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 +0.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.1% -9.8% +10.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEPCHLFMLKMF
Held by institutions 100.0% 99.1% –
Institutions holding 223 235 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.0% -0.4% –
Institutions buying 107 129 –
Institutions selling 79 72 –
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.79 –

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.

EPCHLFMLKMF
EPC 1.00 0.33 0.12
HLF 0.33 1.00 0.20
MLKMF 0.12 0.20 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EPC, HLF and MLKMF?

Herbalife (HLF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) $1.28B, Herbalife (HLF) $1.40B, Waldencast (MLKMF) $91.26M.

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%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Herbalife (HLF) returned the most: Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) +41.0%, Herbalife (HLF) +65.1%, Waldencast (MLKMF) -57.2%. Over five years, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) compounded fastest (Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) -4.6%/yr, Herbalife (HLF) -22.0%/yr, Waldencast (MLKMF) -39.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 2.17%, Herbalife (HLF) 0.00%. Herbalife (HLF) and Waldencast (MLKMF) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) has been the steadiest (Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 43.0%, Herbalife (HLF) 58.5%, Waldencast (MLKMF) 100.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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