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Reckitt Benckiser Group

3RB.DE
51
Household & Personal Products · Consumer Defensive
Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Winston Score
51
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Exceptional

Winston Score History

The full picture

Reckitt Benckiser is a British consumer goods company that makes health, hygiene, and nutrition products sold in homes around the world. Its brands include Dettol, Lysol, Durex, Nurofen, Strepsils, and Enfamil infant formula. The company sells mostly to everyday consumers through supermarkets, pharmacies, and online retailers.

Reckitt earns money by selling these branded products directly to retailers, who then sell them to shoppers. It operates in over 60 countries, with strong sales across North America, Europe, and emerging markets, generating roughly $15 billion in annual revenue. Its main competitive advantage is its portfolio of trusted, well-known brands that consumers repeatedly buy out of habit — making it hard for cheaper store-brand alternatives to fully displace them. The biggest risk the company faces is ongoing legal and reputational pressure tied to its Enfamil infant formula business, where lawsuits allege links between the product and a serious intestinal condition in premature babies, which could result in significant financial liability.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
58.3%
Premium pricing power — 58.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
18.2%
Healthy — 18.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
25.0%
Exceptional — 25.0% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-2.7%
Shrinking sales (-2.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+141.8%
Earnings growing fast (+141.8% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
1/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
73%
Modest — 73% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
11.4%
Modest free cash flow (11.4%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
1.75
Elevated debt (1.75)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
8.76x
Comfortably covers interest (8.8x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
11.5x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 11.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-1.5
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
6.64%
no trend
Healthy income — 6.64% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+47.6%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (47.6% YoY)

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