HLF vs CFOO vs EPC Stock Comparison

Herbalife, China Foods Holdings and Edgewell Personal Care Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
HLF Herbalife Ltd.
$13.30 +5.9% 1M +59.5% 1Y
Market cap
$1.42B
P/E
8.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.20B
Div. yield
–
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
7 wins
EPC EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE Co
$27.98 +0.5% 1M +42.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.29B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.24B
Div. yield
–
Personal Care Products Consumer Staples
3 wins

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.

QuestionHLFCFOOEPCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.42B $21.26M $1.29B HLF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 8.7x -65.8x -13.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 5.3x — 15.0x HLF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +5.5% -46.6% +11.6% EPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.2% -173.8% -4.2% HLF
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 24.3% — 0.4% HLF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x — 8.8x HLF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +59.5% +59.1% +42.1% HLF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -21.7%/yr -16.2%/yr -4.4%/yr EPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 58.7% 75.4% 43.0% EPC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 59/100 20/100 41/100 HLF

Percentile Scorecard

HLFCFOOEPC

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

AxisHLFCFOOEPC
Valuation 100 #1 of 52 14 #45 of 52 71 #16 of 52
Growth 59 #21 of 50 51 #25 of 50 22 #39 of 50
Profitability 84 #8 of 45 9 #41 of 45 46 #25 of 45
Financial Health 29 #40 of 56 7 #52 of 56 35 #37 of 56
Shareholder Returns 23 #24 of 31 – 33 #21 of 31
Overall 59 20 41
  • HLF ranked among 60 companies in Household and Personal Products
  • CFOO 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

PeriodHLFCFOOEPCSPY
1 month +5.9%0.0%+0.5% -0.8%
3 months +9.1%+59.1%+0.5% +3.5%
6 months -19.2%+59.1%+21.2% +7.0%
Year to date +3.2%+59.1%+64.1% +12.2%
1 year +59.5%+59.1%+42.1% +13.0%
3 years -4.7%-58.0%-18.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year -1.6%-25.1%-6.6% +23.1%
5 years -70.6%-58.7%-20.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -21.7%-16.2%-4.4% +11.0%
10 years -55.6%+4.0%-63.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year -7.8%+0.4%-9.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHLFCFOOEPCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 58.7%75.4%43.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 53.0%—41.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.150.030.19 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.010.780.98 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.0%-74.0%-69.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.4%0.0%-5.7% -1.8%
52-week high $19.96$1.05$29.66 $779.14
52-week low $7.75$0.66$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.

MultipleHLFCFOOEPC
P/E now vs peer median 8.5xmedian 18.6x -65.8xmedian 18.6x -13.8xmedian 18.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.3xmedian 1.6x 114.4xmedian 1.6x 0.6xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 13.0x -67.3xmedian 13.0x 21.7xmedian 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 18.4x -60.4xmedian 18.4x 24.6xmedian 18.4x
P/B now vs peer median -2.9xmedian 2.1x -15.0xmedian 2.1x 0.9xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -0.73median 0.97 -5.30median 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 monthsHLFCFOOEPC
Revenue $5.20B $185.87K $2.24B
Gross profit $4.04B $14.61K $885.90M
Operating income $492.30M -$323.18K $17.90M
Net income $162.90M -$323.11K -$93.20M
Free cash flow $322.30M -$352.34K $52.40M
R&D – – $59.40M
EPS (diluted) $1.57 $-0.02 $-2.00
Cash & equivalents $370.50M $15.92K $397.10M
Total debt $8.02B – $1.28B
Shares (diluted) 104.50M 20.25M 46.60M
Enterprise value -$57.01M $21.15M $145.23M

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
MetricHLFCFOOEPC
P/E 8.5x -65.8x -13.8x
P/FCF 4.3x -60.4x 24.6x
P/Operating cash flow 3.6x -60.4x 10.6x
P/S 0.3x 114.4x 0.6x
P/B -2.9x -15.0x 0.9x
P/Tangible book -1.7x -15.0x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 4.8x -67.3x 21.7x
EV/EBIT 6.2x -65.8x 121.3x
EV/Revenue 0.6x 114.3x 1.0x
EV/FCF 9.4x -60.3x 41.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.9x -60.3x 17.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.73 -5.30 0.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHLFCFOOEPC
Revenue growth (1Y) 5.5% -46.6% 11.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 1.0% -3.9% -0.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.0% -70.4% 1.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 74.5% -1.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.7% 31.3% -85.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 4.6% 14.4% -57.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -49.9% 33.6% -243.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -10.3% 12.4% -40.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -50.1% 33.6% -245.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -11.5% 12.4% -42.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 44.7% 17.0% 135.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.0% -20.9% -15.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 88.0% 20.6% 112.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.4% -20.9% -29.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHLFCFOOEPC
Gross margin 77.7% 7.9% 39.5%
EBITDA margin 12.1% -169.8% 4.5%
Operating margin 9.5% -173.9% 0.8%
Pretax margin 4.1% -173.8% -1.5%
Net margin 3.2% -173.8% -4.2%
FCF margin 6.2% -189.6% 2.3%
Operating cash flow margin 7.4% -189.6% 5.4%
Return on equity – – -4.8%
Return on assets 5.7% -152.0% -2.0%
Return on invested capital 24.3% – 0.4%
Return on capital employed 26.0% – 0.6%
Asset turnover 1.8x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.4x 1.1x -1.3x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHLFCFOOEPC
Debt / assets 70.5% – 36.2%
Debt / equity -4.2x – 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x – 8.8x
Debt / FCF 6.3x – 24.4x
Liabilities / assets 116.6% 756.1% 58.7%
Equity / assets -16.6% -656.1% 41.3%
Interest coverage 2.5x – 0.3x
Current ratio 1.2x 0.1x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.0x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.0x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 2.45 -21.59 1.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHLFCFOOEPC
Dividend yield – – 2.1%
Net buyback yield 0.8% – 1.2%
Shareholder yield 0.8% – 3.4%
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.

ConsensusHLFCFOOEPC
Forward P/E 5.3xFY2026 – 15.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.49FY2026 – $1.86FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.5%FY2026 – -26.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +29.3% – +13.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.59BFY2026 – $2.08BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.9%FY2026 – -6.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.8% – -9.1%

Institutional Ownership

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

HLFCFOOEPC
HLF 1.00 0.02 0.33
CFOO 0.02 1.00 0.03
EPC 0.33 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HLF, CFOO and EPC?

Herbalife (HLF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Herbalife (HLF) $1.42B, China Foods Holdings (CFOO) $21.26M, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) $1.29B.

Which company is growing faster?

Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Herbalife (HLF) +5.5%, China Foods Holdings (CFOO) -46.6%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) +11.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Herbalife (HLF) has the highest net margin (Herbalife (HLF) 3.2%, China Foods Holdings (CFOO) -173.8%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) -4.2%). On return on invested capital, Herbalife (HLF) leads (Herbalife (HLF) 24.3%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 0.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Herbalife (HLF) returned the most: Herbalife (HLF) +59.5%, China Foods Holdings (CFOO) +59.1%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) +42.1%. Over five years, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) compounded fastest (Herbalife (HLF) -21.7%/yr, China Foods Holdings (CFOO) -16.2%/yr, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) -4.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) has been the steadiest (Herbalife (HLF) 58.7%, China Foods Holdings (CFOO) 75.4%, Edgewell Personal Care (EPC) 43.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HLF, CFOO 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, 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.