LESL vs. WALD, HAIN, CHEF, EWCZ, FRG, ARKO, MED, BROS, NUS, and UNFI
Should you be buying Leslie's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leslie's include Waldencast (WALD), The Hain Celestial Group (HAIN), Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF), European Wax Center (EWCZ), Franchise Group (FRG), Arko (ARKO), Medifast (MED), Dutch Bros (BROS), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), and United Natural Foods (UNFI). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Leslie's (NASDAQ:LESL) 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, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
19.9% of Waldencast shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of Leslie's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Waldencast shares are owned 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.
Leslie's has higher revenue and earnings than Waldencast.
In the previous week, Leslie's had 25 more articles in the media than Waldencast. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Leslie's and 4 mentions for Waldencast. Waldencast's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Leslie's' score of 0.37 indicating that Waldencast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Leslie's has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waldencast has a beta of -0.83, indicating that its stock price is 183% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Leslie's presently has a consensus price target of $8.06, indicating a potential upside of 42.32%. Waldencast has a consensus price target of $14.25, indicating a potential upside of 51.27%. Given Waldencast's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waldencast is more favorable than Leslie's.
Leslie's received 37 more outperform votes than Waldencast when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.71% of users gave Waldencast an outperform vote while only 45.74% of users gave Leslie's an outperform vote.
Leslie's has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Waldencast's net margin of 0.00%. Waldencast's return on equity of 0.00% beat Leslie's' return on equity.
Summary
Waldencast beats Leslie's on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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