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EPC vs UL

Side-by-side comparison of Edgewell Personal Care Company (EPC) and Unilever PLC (UL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both EPC and UL operate in Package Goods/Cosmetics (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • UL is the larger of the two at $131.65B, about 50.9x EPC ($2.58B).
  • Over the past year, EPC is down 24.2% and UL is down 18.2% - UL leads by 6.0 points.
  • UL has been more active in the news (8 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for EPC).
  • UL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 12 for EPC).
PerformanceEPC-24.21%UL-18.19%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricEPCUL
Company
Edgewell Personal Care Company
Unilever PLC
Price
$23.41-1.45%
$58.14+1.10%
Market cap
$2.58B
$131.65B
1M return
+16.72%
-4.34%
1Y return
-24.21%
-18.19%
Industry
Package Goods/Cosmetics
Package Goods/Cosmetics
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2025
News (4w)
2
8
Recent ratings
12
25
EPC

Edgewell Personal Care Company

Edgewell Personal Care Company manufactures and markets personal care products in the wet shave, sun and skin care, and feminine care categories in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Wet Shave, Sun and Skin Care, and Feminine Care. The company offers Schick and Wilkinson Sword razor systems, including razor handles and refillable blades, and disposable shave products for men and women; and shave preparation products, such as shaving gels and creams under the Edge, Skintimate, and Shave Guard brands. It also manufactures, distributes, and sells private label and value-priced wet shaving disposable razors, shaving systems, and replacement blades under a retailer's store name or under value brand names, such as Personna. In addition, the company offers sun care products comprising protection, sport, kids, baby, tanning, and after sun products under the Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, Bulldog, Jack Black, Cremo, and Wet Ones brands; and feminine care products that include tampons under the Playtex Gentle Glide 360°, Playtex Sport, Playtex, and o.b. brands, as well as pads and liners under the Stayfree and Carefree brands. It sells its products through direct sales force, distributors, and wholesalers; retail locations, including mass merchandisers and warehouse clubs, food, drug and convenience stores, and military stores; and e-commerce. The company was formerly known as Energizer Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Edgewell Personal Care Company in June 2015. Edgewell Personal Care Company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut.

UL

Unilever PLC

Unilever PLC operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through Beauty & Personal Care, Foods & Refreshment, and Home Care segments. The Beauty & Personal Care segment provides skin care and hair care products, deodorants, and skin cleansing products under the Axe, Clear, Dove, Lifebuoy, Lux, Pond's, Rexona, Signal, Suave, Sunsilk, TRESemmé, and Vaseline brands. The Foods & Refreshment segment offers ice cream, soups, bouillons, seasonings, mayonnaise, ketchups, and tea categories under the Ben & Jerry's, Breyers, Brooke Bond, Heart (Wall's), Hellmann's, Knorr, Lipton, Magnum, The Vegetarian Butcher, and Unilever Food Solutions brands. The Home Care segment provides fabric solutions, and home care and hygiene products under the Cif, Omo, Persil, Domestos, Seventh Generation, and Sunlight brands. Unilever PLC was incorporated in 1894 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.