GWLL vs CL vs EPC Stock Comparison

Goldenwell Biotech, Colgate Palmolive and Edgewell Personal Care Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GWLL Goldenwell Biotech, Inc.
$0.65 -5.8% 1M +225.0% 1Y
Market cap
$64.35M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$55.00
Div. yield
–
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
1 win
CL Colgate Palmolive Co
$92.19 +7.1% 1M +18.5% 1Y
Market cap
$73.49B
P/E
36.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.05B
Div. yield
2.29%
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
8 wins
EPC EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE Co
$28.05 +0.8% 1M +43.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.29B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.24B
Div. yield
2.14%
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Colgate Palmolive leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Colgate Palmolive 8, Edgewell Personal Care 2, Goldenwell Biotech 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGWLLCLEPCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $64.35M $73.49B $1.29B CL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -222.2x 36.2x -13.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 24.6x 15.1x EPC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +5.2% +11.6% EPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -512,940.0% 9.7% -4.2% CL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 27.2% 0.4% CL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.7x 8.8x CL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 2.29% 2.14% CL
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +225.0% +18.5% +43.6% GWLL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +3.7%/yr -4.7%/yr CL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 200.4% 23.3% 42.9% CL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 18/100 61/100 41/100 CL

Percentile Scorecard

GWLLCLEPC

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

AxisGWLLCLEPC
Valuation 18 #43 of 52 49 #27 of 52 71 #16 of 52
Growth 45 #28 of 50 57 #22 of 50 22 #39 of 50
Profitability 0 #45 of 45 96 #3 of 45 46 #25 of 45
Financial Health 11 #50 of 56 51 #28 of 56 35 #37 of 56
Shareholder Returns – 53 #15 of 31 33 #21 of 31
Overall 18 61 41
  • GWLL ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • CL ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • EPC 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

PeriodGWLLCLEPCSPY
1 month -5.8%+7.1%+0.8% -0.2%
3 months -27.8%-0.6%-0.7% +3.9%
6 months -35.0%+7.6%+23.1% +8.2%
Year to date -77.6%+16.7%+64.5% +12.9%
1 year +225.0%+18.5%+43.6% +12.3%
3 years +160.0%+28.4%-18.2% +87.4%
3 years, per year +37.5%+8.7%-6.5% +23.3%
5 years —+19.9%-21.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+3.7%-4.7% +10.9%
10 years —+30.6%-63.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+2.7%-9.5% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureGWLLCLEPCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 200.4%23.3%42.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 480.0%22.1%41.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.59-0.150.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.120.791.01 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -92.7%-31.1%-69.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -90.7%-7.0%-5.4% -1.2%
52-week high $7.00$99.14$29.66 $779.14
52-week low $0.51$74.98$15.91 $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.

MultipleGWLLCLEPC
P/E now vs peer median -222.2xmedian 18.5x 36.2xmedian 18.5x -13.9xmedian 18.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1,170,000xmedian 1.6x 3.5xmedian 1.6x 0.6xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.9x 21.2xmedian 12.9x 21.7xmedian 12.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -583.1xmedian 18.6x 19.0xmedian 18.6x 24.7xmedian 18.6x
P/B now vs peer median -161.6xmedian 2.2x 129.8xmedian 2.2x 0.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.97 2.98median 0.97 0.33median 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 monthsGWLLCLEPC
Revenue $55.00 $21.05B $2.24B
Gross profit $12.00 $12.72B $885.90M
Operating income -$114.80K $3.13B $17.90M
Net income -$282.12K $2.16B -$93.20M
Free cash flow -$110.37K $3.86B $52.40M
R&D – – $59.40M
EPS (diluted) $0.00 $2.54 $-2.00
Cash & equivalents $11.14K $1.37B $397.10M
Total debt – $7.86B $1.28B
Shares (diluted) 99.00M 801.80M 46.60M
Enterprise value $64.25M $68.55B $146.78M

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
MetricGWLLCLEPC
P/E -222.2x 36.2x -13.9x
P/FCF -583.1x 19.0x 24.7x
P/Operating cash flow -583.1x 16.5x 10.7x
P/S 1,170,000x 3.5x 0.6x
P/B -161.6x 129.8x 0.9x
P/Tangible book -161.6x -79.1x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA – 21.2x 21.7x
EV/EBIT -560.4x 25.5x 121.5x
EV/Revenue 1,169,797x 3.8x 1.0x
EV/FCF -583.0x 20.7x 41.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -583.0x 17.9x 17.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 2.98 0.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGWLLCLEPC
Revenue growth (1Y) – 5.2% 11.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -89.3% 4.1% -0.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 5.0% 1.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -92.0% 6.2% -1.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -3.5% -26.9% -85.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 51.2% 1.1% -57.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -136.4% -29.2% -243.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 36.6% 8.9% -40.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -130.2% -29.0% -245.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 12.2% -42.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -474.5% 13.7% 135.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 51.4% 12.9% -15.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -474.5% 14.5% 112.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 51.4% 17.9% -29.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGWLLCLEPC
Gross margin 21.8% 60.4% 39.5%
EBITDA margin – 17.9% 4.5%
Operating margin -208,729% 14.9% 0.8%
Pretax margin -220,184% 14.0% -1.5%
Net margin -512,940% 9.7% -4.2%
FCF margin -200,664% 18.3% 2.3%
Operating cash flow margin -200,664% 21.2% 5.4%
Return on equity – 410.8% -4.8%
Return on assets -441.1% 12.9% -2.0%
Return on invested capital – 27.2% 0.4%
Return on capital employed – 29.7% 0.6%
Asset turnover 0.0x 1.3x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 2.1x -1.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGWLLCLEPC
Debt / assets – 46.8% 36.2%
Debt / equity – 13.9x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.7x 8.8x
Debt / FCF – 2.0x 24.4x
Liabilities / assets 1,474% 96.6% 58.7%
Equity / assets -1,374% 3.4% 41.3%
Interest coverage – 12.3x 0.3x
Current ratio – 1.0x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.1x 0.5x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.2x 0.7x
Altman Z-score – 6.86 1.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGWLLCLEPC
Dividend yield – 2.3% 2.1%
Net buyback yield – 1.5% 1.2%
Shareholder yield – 3.8% 3.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 84.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 47.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.1% –
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.

ConsensusGWLLCLEPC
Forward P/E – 24.6xFY2026 15.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.75FY2026 $1.86FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +1.6%FY2026 -26.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +11.7% +13.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $22.42BFY2026 $2.08BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +10.0%FY2026 -6.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +2.1% -9.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGWLLCLEPC
Held by institutions – 83.8% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 2,015 223
Change in shares held, QoQ – 0.0% +3.0%
Institutions buying – 919 107
Institutions selling – 720 79
Buyers to sellers – 1.28 1.35

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.

GWLLCLEPC
GWLL 1.00 -0.05 -0.03
CL -0.05 1.00 0.44
EPC -0.03 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GWLL, CL and EPC?

Colgate Palmolive (CL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Goldenwell Biotech (GWLL) $64.35M, Colgate Palmolive (CL) $73.49B, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) $1.29B.

Which company is growing faster?

Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Colgate Palmolive (CL) +5.2%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) +11.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Colgate Palmolive (CL) has the highest net margin (Goldenwell Biotech (GWLL) -512,940.0%, Colgate Palmolive (CL) 9.7%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) -4.2%). On return on invested capital, Colgate Palmolive (CL) leads (Colgate Palmolive (CL) 27.2%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 0.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Goldenwell Biotech (GWLL) returned the most: Goldenwell Biotech (GWLL) +225.0%, Colgate Palmolive (CL) +18.5%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) +43.6%. Over five years, Colgate Palmolive (CL) compounded fastest (Colgate Palmolive (CL) +3.7%/yr, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) -4.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Colgate Palmolive (CL) has the highest dividend yield: Colgate Palmolive (CL) 2.29%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 2.14%. Goldenwell Biotech (GWLL) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Colgate Palmolive (CL) has been the steadiest (Goldenwell Biotech (GWLL) 200.4%, Colgate Palmolive (CL) 23.3%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 42.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GWLL, CL and EPC?

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 8. 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.