GoPro (GPRO) Competitors

Waldencast (NASDAQ:WALD) and GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer WALD or GPRO?

Waldencast presently has a consensus price target of $5.11, indicating a potential upside of 116.71%. GoPro has a consensus price target of $0.75, indicating a potential downside of 12.82%. Given Waldencast's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Waldencast is more favorable than GoPro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waldencast	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
GoPro	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer WALD or GPRO?

In the previous week, GoPro had 3 more articles in the media than Waldencast. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for GoPro and 4 mentions for Waldencast. GoPro's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Waldencast's score of 0.45 indicating that GoPro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waldencast	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GoPro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WALD or GPRO?

GoPro received 1126 more outperform votes than Waldencast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 83.33% of users gave Waldencast an outperform vote while only 63.55% of users gave GoPro an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waldencast	Outperform Votes 30 83.33%	Underperform Votes 6 16.67%
GoPro	Outperform Votes 1156 63.55%	Underperform Votes 663 36.45%

Is WALD or GPRO more profitable?

Waldencast has a net margin of 0.00% compared to GoPro's net margin of -53.94%. Waldencast's return on equity of 0.00% beat GoPro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waldencast	N/A	N/A	N/A
GoPro	-53.94%	-55.77%	-18.45%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in WALD or GPRO?

42.0% of Waldencast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.1% of GoPro shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of Waldencast shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of GoPro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, WALD or GPRO?

Waldencast has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GoPro.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waldencast	$273.87M	1.05	-$89.98M	N/A	N/A
GoPro	$780.31M	0.17	-$432.31M	-$0.90	-0.96

Which has more volatility & risk, WALD or GPRO?

Waldencast has a beta of -0.41, suggesting that its share price is 141% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoPro has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Waldencast beats GoPro on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.