Industry

The Household & Personal Products industry today

How the Household & Personal Products industry stands against its own history and against the 500 largest US companies. We do not say where it goes next.

Close of Friday 6 November 2026 · updated every trading day

16 US companies of $300 million or more · $601B in total

Valuation

Prices against profits, sales and dividends

Price to earnings (P/E)

How high are prices against profits?

How high are prices against profits? 28.3: Higher than usual.High, higher than in 7 of 10 months since 2006Usual range1 yr · 25.05 yr · 27.01 mo · 28.228.3Prices lowfor profitsPrices highfor profits

Higher than usual

High · higher than in 7 of 10 months since 2006

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1 month ago28.2higher than usual
1 year ago25.0in the usual range
5 years ago27.0in the usual range

Last 10 years

Price to earnings (P/E) · Last 10 yearsPrice to earnings (P/E) each month for 10 years. Today: 28.3.0.0500.01000.02020202528.3

Price to sales (P/S)

How high are prices against sales?

How high are prices against sales? 3.3: Higher than usual.High, higher than in 7 of 10 months since 2006Usual range1 yr · 2.91 mo · 3.25 yr · 3.83.3Prices lowfor salesPrices highfor sales

Higher than usual

High · higher than in 7 of 10 months since 2006

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1 month ago3.2higher than usual
1 year ago2.9in the usual range
5 years ago3.8far higher than usual

Last 10 years

Price to sales (P/S) · Last 10 yearsPrice to sales (P/S) each month for 10 years. Today: 3.3.0.02.55.0202020253.3

Dividend yield

How much do the companies pay in dividends for their price?

How much do the companies pay in dividends for their price? 2.6%: In the usual range.Normal, in the middle of its range since 2006Usual range5 yr · 2.1%1 mo · 2.8%1 yr · 3.3%2.6%Low dividendsfor the priceHigh dividendsfor the price

In the usual range

Normal · in the middle of its range since 2006

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1 month ago2.8%more than usual
1 year ago3.3%far more than usual
5 years ago2.1%less than usual

Last 10 years

Dividend yield · Last 10 yearsDividend yield each month for 10 years. Today: 2.6%.0.00%2.5%5.0%202020252.6%

Returns

How did the industry do against the 500 largest US companies?

PeriodThis industry500 largestDifference
1 month+12.0%−1.4%13.4 pts more
1 year+12.8%+9.9%2.8 pts more
5 years+2.5%+65.7%63.2 pts less

Total returns with dividends, weighted by market value, to the close of October 2026. Past results do not show future results.

Largest companies

The three largest companies

  1. 01The Procter & Gamble CompanyPG63.7% of the industry
  2. 02Colgate-Palmolive CompanyCL12.8% of the industry
  3. 03The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EL6.6% of the industry
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  1. 04Kimberly-Clark CorporationKMB6.0% of the industry
  2. 05Church & Dwight Co., Inc.CHD4.3% of the industry
  3. 06The Clorox CompanyCLX2.0% of the industry
  4. 07e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.ELF1.1% of the industry
  5. 08Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.REYN0.8% of the industry
  6. 09Inter Parfums, Inc.IPAR0.7% of the industry
  7. 10Coty Inc.COTY0.6% of the industry

Map

Its companies among the 500 largest

The map shows the industry's companies among the 500 largest US companies: 5 of its 16 companies.

ColourMonkScore Members
fell −40%+40% roseno figure
Consumer DefensiveHousehold & Personal ProductsPG+14.9%CL+23.0%EL+18.2%KMB+4.5%CHD+29.6%

The typical company

The typical company in this industry

  • Operating margin18 companies1123.0%
  • Sales growth over 1 year18 companies53.0%
  • Return on invested capital12 companies1298.0%