LVRO vs. EWCZ, BIOX, STKL, NUS, AVO, AFRI, OLPX, MATW, WALD, and LESL
Should you be buying Lavoro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lavoro include European Wax Center (EWCZ), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), SunOpta (STKL), Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS), Mission Produce (AVO), Forafric Global (AFRI), Olaplex (OLPX), Matthews International (MATW), Waldencast (WALD), and Leslie's (LESL). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
European Wax Center (NASDAQ:EWCZ) and Lavoro (NASDAQ:LVRO) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, European Wax Center had 1 more articles in the media than Lavoro. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for European Wax Center and 3 mentions for Lavoro. Lavoro's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat European Wax Center's score of 0.63 indicating that European Wax Center is being referred to more favorably in the media.
European Wax Center presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.70%. Lavoro has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.22%. Given European Wax Center's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lavoro is more favorable than European Wax Center.
European Wax Center has a net margin of 4.04% compared to European Wax Center's net margin of -5.99%. Lavoro's return on equity of 6.69% beat European Wax Center's return on equity.
82.1% of European Wax Center shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.5% of Lavoro shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.9% of European Wax Center shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
European Wax Center has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lavoro has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.
European Wax Center has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lavoro. Lavoro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Wax Center, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
European Wax Center received 25 more outperform votes than Lavoro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Lavoro an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave European Wax Center an outperform vote.
Summary
European Wax Center beats Lavoro on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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