OLPX vs. WALD, YSG, EPC, HELE, IPAR, SCHL, WEST, NAPA, LESL, and BGS
Should you be buying Olaplex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olaplex include Waldencast (WALD), Yatsen (YSG), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), Helen of Troy (HELE), Inter Parfums (IPAR), Scholastic (SCHL), Westrock Coffee (WEST), Duckhorn Portfolio (NAPA), Leslie's (LESL), and B&G Foods (BGS). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) and Olaplex (NASDAQ:OLPX) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Olaplex has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Olaplex's net margin of 0.00%. Waldencast's return on equity of 11.61% beat Olaplex's return on equity.
Olaplex received 18 more outperform votes than Waldencast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 91.67% of users gave Waldencast an outperform vote while only 34.12% of users gave Olaplex an outperform vote.
Waldencast has a beta of -0.38, meaning that its stock price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olaplex has a beta of 2.34, meaning that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Olaplex has higher revenue and earnings than Waldencast.
In the previous week, Olaplex had 10 more articles in the media than Waldencast. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Olaplex and 5 mentions for Waldencast. Waldencast's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Olaplex's score of 0.52 indicating that Olaplex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
42.0% of Waldencast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Olaplex shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Olaplex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Waldencast presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.78%. Olaplex has a consensus target price of $2.51, suggesting a potential upside of 58.02%. Given Olaplex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waldencast is more favorable than Olaplex.
Summary
Olaplex beats Waldencast on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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