EPC vs. NTCOY, IPAR, ODD, OLPX, WALD, YSG, SHOT, UG, CL, and EL
Should you be buying Edgewell Personal Care stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Edgewell Personal Care include Natura &Co (NTCOY), Inter Parfums (IPAR), Oddity Tech (ODD), Olaplex (OLPX), Waldencast (WALD), Yatsen (YSG), Safety Shot (SHOT), United-Guardian (UG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), and Estée Lauder Companies (EL). These companies are all part of the "toilet preparations" industry.
Edgewell Personal Care (NYSE:EPC) and Natura &Co (NYSE:NTCOY) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Edgewell Personal Care had 2 more articles in the media than Natura &Co. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Edgewell Personal Care and 0 mentions for Natura &Co. Edgewell Personal Care's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Natura &Co's score of 0.00 indicating that Edgewell Personal Care is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Natura &Co has a net margin of 10.29% compared to Edgewell Personal Care's net margin of 5.40%. Edgewell Personal Care's return on equity of 9.29% beat Natura &Co's return on equity.
Edgewell Personal Care received 480 more outperform votes than Natura &Co when rated by MarketBeat users.
Edgewell Personal Care has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natura &Co has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Edgewell Personal Care presently has a consensus target price of $42.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.03%. Given Edgewell Personal Care's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Edgewell Personal Care is more favorable than Natura &Co.
91.9% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.1% of Natura &Co shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Edgewell Personal Care shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Natura &Co shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Edgewell Personal Care pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Natura &Co pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Edgewell Personal Care pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Natura &Co has higher revenue and earnings than Edgewell Personal Care.
Summary
Edgewell Personal Care beats Natura &Co on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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