WALD vs. YSG, OLPX, EPC, DJCO, LND, BYND, CVGW, ARKO, UNFI, and TPB
Should you be buying Waldencast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waldencast include Yatsen (YSG), Olaplex (OLPX), Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), Daily Journal (DJCO), BrasilAgro - Companhia Brasileira de Propriedades Agrícolas (LND), Beyond Meat (BYND), Calavo Growers (CVGW), Arko (ARKO), United Natural Foods (UNFI), and Turning Point Brands (TPB). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Yatsen (NYSE:YSG) and Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
Waldencast received 3 more outperform votes than Yatsen when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 91.67% of users gave Waldencast an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Yatsen an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Waldencast had 4 more articles in the media than Yatsen. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Waldencast and 1 mentions for Yatsen. Yatsen's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Waldencast's score of 0.00 indicating that Waldencast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Yatsen has a beta of -2.73, meaning that its stock price is 373% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waldencast has a beta of -0.38, meaning that its stock price is 138% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Waldencast has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Yatsen.
Waldencast has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Waldencast's net margin of -21.70%. Yatsen's return on equity of 0.00% beat Waldencast's return on equity.
Waldencast has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.78%. Given Yatsen's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Waldencast is more favorable than Yatsen.
42.0% of Waldencast shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of Yatsen shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Waldencast beats Yatsen on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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